The correlation between the electron work function and yield strength of metals

Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research

Volumn 249, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1517-1520

  Hua, Guomin ^a   Li, Dongyang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron work function; Hardness; Peierls Nabarro model; Yield strength

Indexed keywords

HARDNESS; RARE EARTHS; TRANSITION METALS; WORK FUNCTION; YIELD STRESS;

ELECTRON BEHAVIOR; ELECTRON WORK FUNCTIONS; INTRINSIC RESISTANCE; PEIERLS-NABARRO MODEL; POWER DEPENDENCE; RARE EARTH METALS; YIELDING STRENGTH;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 84864746572     PISSN: 03701972     EISSN: 15213951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201248051     Document Type: Article

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