Grain size effect on deformation mechanisms of nanocrystalline bcc metals

Materials Research Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-31

  Cheng, G M ^a   Jian, W W ^a   Xu, W Z ^a   Yuan, H ^a   Millett, P C ^b   Zhu, Y T ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bcc; Deformation Mechanism; Dislocation; Grain Size; Nanocrystalline

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981200583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21663831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2012.739580     Document Type: Article

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