Contents: Adv. Eng. Mater. 9/2003

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 254 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1438-1656
• DOI: 10.1002/adem.200390035

✦ Synopsis

Ductility in Intermetallic Compounds

A. M. Russell* If intermetallic compounds were not typically brittle at room temperature, their other features would qualify them for many uses: they are lighter, stronger, stiffer, and more corrosion resistant than ordinary metals due to their mixed metallic/covalent/ionic bonding properties. This article provides an overview of the progress in improving room temperature ductility and fracture toughness of intermetallics, and describes prospects for their near-term engineering use.