Precipitation hardening in metals
Precipitation hardening in metals
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DOI:
10.1179/026708399773002782
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发表时间:
1999-01-01
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
Gladman, T
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作者:
Gladman, T
Precipitation hardening has long been used to increase the strength of commercial alloys, such as quenched and tempered steels and the duralumin type aluminium alloys. The theoretical treatments of precipitation hardening are briefly considered. The equations for strengthening by 'hard' indeformable particles and by 'soft' deformable particles are presented, and the implications are discussed. These lead to the concept of an optimum particle size for a given system, but the optimum can vary from system to system depending upon the particle characteristics. A broad comparison is made between the increments in strength that occur due to precipitation in commercial alloys and the predictions of the theories; an important contribution to these increments in strength is shown to derive from variations in the volume fraction of precipitated particles that can be employed in the various systems. MST/4157.