Effects of hydrogen on a tungsten grain boundary: A first-principles computational tensile test

Progress in Natural Science: Materials International

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 240-245

  Zhou, Hong Bo ^a   Jin, Shuo ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a   Lu, Guang Hong ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

First principles; Grain boundary; Hydrogen; Tensile strength; Tungsten

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPUTATION THEORY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FRACTURE; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; TUNGSTEN;

ATOM SEGREGATION; ATOMIC CONFIGURATION; CONFIGURATION ANALYSIS; EFFECT OF HYDROGEN; FIRST PRINCIPLES; GRAIN-BOUNDARIES; HYDROGEN ATOMS; IDEAL TENSILE STRENGTHS; THEORETICAL STRENGTH; TUNGSTEN GRAIN;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

EID: 84861870458     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0071(12)60037-9     Document Type: Article

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