Nanoprecipitates tailor mechanical properties (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Nanoprecipitates tailor mechanical properties

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Mechanical properties, such as strength and ductility, can be tailored by adding nanoprecipitates, represented above by blue orbs, to a phase-transformable alloy and tuning their sizes and spacings.

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Michelle Lehman/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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