Nanostructured high-strength molybdenum alloys with unprecedented tensile ductility

Nature Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 344-350

  Liu, G ^a   Zhang, G J ^a,b   Jiang, F ^a   Ding, X D ^a   Sun, Y J ^a   Sun, J ^a   Ma, E ^a,c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL APPLICATIONS; HIGH STRENGTH AND DUCTILITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE STABILITY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LIQUID-LIQUID MIXING; MULTI-COMPONENT ALLOY; OPTIMAL MICROSTRUCTURE; TENSILE ELONGATION;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84875438223     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3544     Document Type: Article

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