Large shear strength enhancement of gamma-boron by normal compression

Journal of Superhard Materials

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 401-408

  Zhou, X F ^a   Tian, Y ^b   Wang, H T ^a,c  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpha boron; First principle calculations; Gamma boron; Shear strength; Vickers hardness

Indexed keywords

ALPHA-BORON; B12 ICOSAHEDRA; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; FIRST PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; GAMMA-BORON; LARGE SHEAR; STRENGTH ENHANCEMENT; VICKERS;

BORON; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH; VICKERS HARDNESS;

BORON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84863012155     PISSN: 10634576     EISSN: 19349408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3103/S1063457612060056     Document Type: Article

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