Microstructural Evolution and Age Hardening in Aluminium Alloys

Materials Characterization - Tập 44 Số 1-2 - Trang 101-131 - 2000
Simon P. Ringer1, K. Hono2
1Department of Materials Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
2National Research Institute for Metals, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan

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