Grain Size, Misorientation, and Texture Evolution of Copper Processed by Equal Channel Angular Extrusion and the Validity of the Hall–Petch Relationship

ISSN:1073-5623ISSN:1543-194

Equifinality, multiple working hypothesis and the study of landforms

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Microstructural and Fractographic Characterization of a Thermally Embrittled Nuclear Grade Steel: Part II - Quenching and Tempering

A nuclear reactor pressure vessel steel was submitted to different quenching and tempering heat treatments aimed at simulating neutron irradiation damage. The obtained microstructures were mechanically tested and submitted to metallographic and fractographic survey. The relevant microstructural and fractographic aspects were employed in the interpretation of the mechanical performance of the thermally embrittled microstructures. A well defined correlation was determined between the elastic-plastic fracture toughness parameter J-integral and the Charpy impact energy, which was achieved for some of the Q&T microstructures