Grain refinement in titanium prevents low temperature oxygen embrittlement
oleh: Yan Chong, Reza Gholizadeh, Tomohito Tsuru, Ruopeng Zhang, Koji Inoue, Wenqiang Gao, Andy Godfrey, Masatoshi Mitsuhara, J. W. Morris, Andrew M. Minor, Nobuhiro Tsuji
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2023-02-01 |
Deskripsi
Oxygen has long been considered as a detrimental impurity in pure titanium since it can severely deteriorate the ductility. Here, the authors propose a simple, yet effective strategy via grain refinement to solve this long-standing issue, while preserving its potential hardening effect.