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  2. Metal matrix composite - Wikipedia

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    In materials science, a metal matrix composite (MMC) is a composite material with fibers or particles dispersed in a metallic matrix, such as copper, aluminum, or steel. The secondary phase is typically a ceramic (such as alumina or silicon carbide) or another metal (such as steel [1]). They are typically classified according to the type of ...

  3. Materials science - Wikipedia

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    Materials science is an interdisciplinary field of researching and discovering materials. Materials engineering is an engineering field of finding uses for materials in other fields and industries. The intellectual origins of materials science stem from the Age of Enlightenment, when researchers began to use analytical thinking from chemistry ...

  4. Germanium - Wikipedia

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    Germanium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ge and atomic number 32. It is lustrous, hard-brittle, grayish-white and similar in appearance to silicon. It is a metalloid (more rarely considered a metal) in the carbon group that is chemically similar to its group neighbors silicon and tin. Like silicon, germanium naturally reacts and forms ...

  5. Annealing (materials science) - Wikipedia

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    In metallurgy and materials science, annealing is a heat treatment that alters the physical and sometimes chemical properties of a material to increase its ductility and reduce its hardness, making it more workable. It involves heating a material above its recrystallization temperature, maintaining a suitable temperature for an appropriate ...

  6. Recrystallization (metallurgy) - Wikipedia

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    In materials science, recrystallization is a process by which deformed grains are replaced by a new set of defect -free grains that nucleate and grow until the original grains have been entirely consumed. Recrystallization is usually accompanied by a reduction in the strength and hardness of a material and a simultaneous increase in the ...

  7. Slip bands in metals - Wikipedia

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    PSB structure (adopted from [7]). Persistent slip-bands (PSBs) are associated with strain localisation due to fatigue in metals and cracking on the same plane. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and three-dimensional discrete dislocation dynamics (DDD [8]) simulation were used to reveal and understand dislocations type and arrangement/patterns to relate it to the sub-surface structure.

  8. Metal - Wikipedia

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    Metal. Iron, shown here as fragments and a 1 cm 3 cube, is an example of a chemical element that is a metal. Metal in the form of a gravy boat made from stainless steel, an alloy largely composed of iron, chromium and nickel. Part of a series on the.

  9. Dislocation - Wikipedia

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    In materials science, a dislocation or Taylor's dislocation is a linear crystallographic defect or irregularity within a crystal structure that contains an abrupt change in the arrangement of atoms. The movement of dislocations allow atoms to slide over each other at low stress levels and is known as glide or slip.