Improving Strength and Ductility in Metals (IMAGE)

North Carolina State University

Improving Strength and Ductility in Metals

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By creating a patchwork of large, soft-grained columns (shown here in multiple colors) in a harder, ultrafine-grained matrix (shown here in black), researchers have found a way to increase metal strength without sacrificing ductility.

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Yuntian Zhu, North Carolina State University

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