Elastic and mechanical properties of the MAX phases

Annual Review of Materials Research

Volumn 41, Issue , 2011, Pages 195-227

  Barsoum, Michel W ^a   Radovic, Miladin ^b  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Brittle to plastic transition; Carbides and nitrides; Creep; Fracture toughness; Nonlinear elasticity; Tensile and compressive strengths; Thermal shock resistance

Indexed keywords

BASAL DISLOCATIONS; BRITTLE-TO-PLASTIC TRANSITION; CYCLING LOADING; DAMAGE TOLERANT; DEFORMATION RATES; EARLY TRANSITION METALS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; LAYERED SOLIDS; MAX PHASIS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; NONLINEAR ELASTIC SOLIDS; NONLINEAR ELASTICITY; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURAL SIMILARITY; TENSILE AND COMPRESSIVE STRENGTHS; TERNARY CARBIDE; THERMAL SHOCK RESISTANCE;

CARBIDES; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CREEP; ELASTICITY; MANGANESE; NITRIDES; SODIUM; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL SHOCK; TRANSITION METALS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 79960109937     PISSN: 15317331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-matsci-062910-100448     Document Type: Article

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