Ultrastrong Mg alloy via nano-spaced stacking faults

Materials Research Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 61-66

  Jian, W W ^a   Cheng, G M ^a   Xu, W Z ^a   Yuan, H ^a   Tsai, M H ^a   Wang, Q D ^b   Koch, C C ^a   Zhu, Y T ^a   Mathaudhu, S N ^a,c  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dislocations; Ductility; Mg; Stacking faults; Strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904469008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21663831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2013.765927     Document Type: Article

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