Ductility and Malleability
Tensile test of an AlMgSi alloy. The local necking and the cup and cone fracture surfaces are typical for ductile […]
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Plasticity
Stress-strain curve showing typical yield behavior for nonferrous alloys. Stress (σ) is shown as a function of strain (ε) 1:
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Deformation
In materials science, deformation is a change in the shape or size of an object due to an applied force
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Stress-Strain Diagram
Stress-strain relations Basic static response of a specimen under tension Elasticity is the ability of a material to return to
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Lattice Structure Videos
Body Center Cubic (BCC) Face Center Cubic (FCC) Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIeRqoWaGg4
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Hexagonal Crystal System
An example of the hexagonal crystals, beryl Hexagonal Hanksite crystal Hexagonal lattice cell In crystallography, the hexagonal crystal system is
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Cubic Crystal System
A rock containing three crystals of pyrite (FeS2). The crystal structure of pyrite is simple cubic, and this is
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Metallic Bonding
Metallic bonding is the electrostatic attractive forces between the delocalized electrons, called conduction electrons, gathered in an “electron sea”, and