TWIP steels have a fully austenitic structure at room temperatures due to their high manganese content of 17% to 24%. Deformation twins created in these steels drive a large amount of deformation, ...

During the early 20 th Century, Metallurgist Harry Brearley invented stainless steel in Sheffield, UK. It contained approximately 6 - 15 weight % of chromium and 0.2 weight % of carbon. This alloy was ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Steel is one of the most widely used engineering materials in the world. Its pre-eminent position amongst the engineering materials arises due to the abundance and low cost of its ...

The extreme conditions of nuclear reactors expose their structural alloys to high temperatures, stress, corrosion, and irradiation damage. Therefore, nuclear alloys require materials with high ...