{"currentpage":1,"firstResult":0,"maxresult":10,"pagecode":5,"pageindex":{"endPagecode":5,"startPagecode":1},"records":[{"abstractinfo":"Al - Li alloys are of considerable interest because of their novel <span style=\"color:red\">properties</span> suitable for aerospace applications. The precipitation hardened Al-Li-Cu-Mg-Zr alloys have attracted plentiful interest. An investigation was made to study the influence of grain structure on <span style=\"color:red\">microstructure</span>, tensile <span style=\"color:red\">properties</span> and fracture behavior. The results show that tensile <span style=\"color:red\">properties</span> are impaired when grain structure changes from fully unrecrystallized, recrystallized to a little partially recrystallized grain structures. The sample with fully unrecrystallized grain structure fractures in a transgranular mode and possesses higher tensile <span style=\"color:red\">strength</span> due to a contribution of strong texture. The recrystallized and a little partially recrystallized grain structures fail in a mixed mode of intergranular and transgranular cracking. In the latter grain structure, intergranular region is larger while tensile <span style=\"color:red\">properties</span> are lower. In addition, an attempt is made to discuss these experimental results.","authors":[],"categoryName":"|","doi":"","fpage":"47","id":"1b6d2971-43aa-40ee-b9ee-244acef02b13","issue":"1","journal":{"abbrevTitle":"ZFM","id":"a8e7c1f1-8127-4c84-a2e1-951df624518e","issnPpub":"0044-3093","publisherId":"ZFM","title":"Zeitschrift Fur Metallkunde"},"keywords":[{"id":"3f0a7eec-87d3-4e35-b03a-1b72cefd680a","keyword":"<span style=\"color:red\">cryogenic</span> <span style=\"color:red\">temperatures</span>;<span style=\"color:red\">mechanical-properties</span>;<span style=\"color:red\">microstructure</span>;<span style=\"color:red\">toughness</span>;<span style=\"color:red\">deformation</span>;<span style=\"color:red\">strength</span>;<span style=\"color:red\">ambient</span>","originalKeyword":"cryogenic temperatures;mechanical-properties;microstructure;toughness;deformation;strength;ambient"}],"language":"en","publisherId":"0044-3093_1992_1_1","title":"GRAIN-STRUCTURE, TENSILE <span style=\"color:red\">PROPERTIES</span> AND FRACTURE-BEHAVIOR OF AN AL-LI-CU-MG-ZR ALLOY","volume":"83","year":"1992"},{"abstractinfo":"<span style=\"color:red\">Cryogenic</span> <span style=\"color:red\">strength</span>,ductility and <span style=\"color:red\">toughness</span> of AI-Li alloy 8090 were found to be superior to those at <span style=\"color:red\">ambient</span> temperature,and up to optima at about 20 K.Different aging regimes may only influence on its <span style=\"color:red\">cryogenic</span> yield <span style=\"color:red\">strength</span> and elongation.","authors":[{"authorName":"SUN Dongsheng LI Fengzhao ZHANG Gang Shandong Polytechnic University","id":"539558e0-4965-4333-9979-3088d715fea7","originalAuthorName":"SUN Dongsheng LI Fengzhao ZHANG Gang Shandong Polytechnic University"},{"authorName":"Jinan","id":"764c6417-c45a-4989-9b64-892b1c1c25b9","originalAuthorName":"Jinan"},{"authorName":"China Lecturer","id":"f8088407-8e56-40a8-8416-7cf56178c1b9","originalAuthorName":"China Lecturer"},{"authorName":"Centre of Materials Testing and Analysis","id":"5977132a-a600-4d4d-b582-bfa2485585b8","originalAuthorName":"Centre of Materials Testing and Analysis"},{"authorName":"Shandong Polytechnic University","id":"0ad79c91-c2a3-424f-8506-f458a5dd3c77","originalAuthorName":"Shandong Polytechnic University"},{"authorName":"Jinan 250014","id":"6f2daa2f-8e0d-4cc9-b574-22b69ca5d0f5","originalAuthorName":"Jinan 250014"},{"authorName":"China","id":"7cab9ec3-4fb0-4389-9753-2abbcdb3a229","originalAuthorName":"China"}],"categoryName":"|","doi":"","fpage":"78","id":"fb3b59c2-78fb-4011-929e-0dee74cd21b1","issue":"2","journal":{"abbrevTitle":"JSXBYWB","coverImgSrc":"journal/img/cover/amse.jpg","id":"49","issnPpub":"1006-7191","publisherId":"JSXBYWB","title":"金属学报(英文版)"},"keywords":[{"id":"48262874-c56f-4392-a4c5-29e179c02d20","keyword":"Al-Li alloy","originalKeyword":"Al-Li alloy"},{"id":"9b623b60-fee6-4016-ae2d-b21830166872","keyword":"null","originalKeyword":"null"},{"id":"174b95a9-8354-4806-903a-8ff8f11aeca0","keyword":"null","originalKeyword":"null"},{"id":"db5ffffa-b933-43f7-939d-d118f39387c2","keyword":"null","originalKeyword":"null"}],"language":"en","publisherId":"1006-7191_1993_2_1","title":"<span style=\"color:red\">MECHANICAL</span> <span style=\"color:red\">PROPERTIES</span> OF Al-Li ALLOY 8090 AT <span style=\"color:red\">CRYOGENIC</span> <span style=\"color:red\">TEMPERATURES</span>","volume":"6","year":"1993"},{"abstractinfo":"Conventional crystalline materials usually exhibit a ductile to brittle transition behaviour at low <span style=\"color:red\">temperatures</span>. An increase in the <span style=\"color:red\">strength</span> is always accompanied by a decrease in the plasticity. Here the authors report on a significant enhancement in both compressive <span style=\"color:red\">strength</span> and plasticity of a Ti-based bulk metallic glass (BMG) deformed at low <span style=\"color:red\">temperatures</span>. The ductilization of the BMG system can be evidently attributed to the formation of dense shear bands and the rotation mechanism of shear bands. The <span style=\"color:red\">cryogenic</span> Surroundings can effectively slow down the mobility and diffusion of the atoms and consequently, suppress the nucleation and growth of nanocrystals during the <span style=\"color:red\">deformation</span> process, allowing the simultaneous improvement in the <span style=\"color:red\">mechanical</span> responses of the glassy alloy to compressive loading far below the <span style=\"color:red\">ambient</span> temperature. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.","authors":[],"categoryName":"|","doi":"","fpage":"203","id":"deda8b36-d6a1-4546-8fbb-81ef5fb56b09","issue":"42737","journal":{"abbrevTitle":"MSAEAMPMAP","id":"29fa6a83-07f2-4d3a-af3e-fac686227352","issnPpub":"0921-5093","publisherId":"MSAEAMPMAP","title":"Materials Science and Engineering a-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing"},"keywords":[{"id":"2c902236-b58c-404b-a3cd-f474e0672b4d","keyword":"Metallic glasses;<span style=\"color:red\">Mechanical</span> <span style=\"color:red\">properties</span>;<span style=\"color:red\">Cryogenic</span> <span style=\"color:red\">temperatures</span>;Shear;bands;Plasticity;bulk amorphous-alloys;shear bands;<span style=\"color:red\">mechanical-properties</span>;matrix;composites;room-temperature;<span style=\"color:red\">deformation</span>;tensile;ductility;nanocrystallization;behavior","originalKeyword":"Metallic glasses;Mechanical properties;Cryogenic temperatures;Shear;bands;Plasticity;bulk amorphous-alloys;shear bands;mechanical-properties;matrix;composites;room-temperature;deformation;tensile;ductility;nanocrystallization;behavior"}],"language":"en","publisherId":"0921-5093_2008_42737_9","title":"Enhanced <span style=\"color:red\">strength</span> and plasticity of a Ti-based metallic glass at <span style=\"color:red\">cryogenic</span> <span style=\"color:red\">temperatures</span>","volume":"498","year":"2008"},{"abstractinfo":"The method of high-pressure hydrogen charging was used to investigate the internal hydrogen effects on <span style=\"color:red\">cryogenic</span> <span style=\"color:red\">mechanical</span> <span style=\"color:red\">properties</span> of two Cr-Ni-Mn-N austenitic steels, 22-13-5 and 21-6-9. Specimens saturated with hydrogen up to 65×10-6~68×10-6were tested in air at <span style=\"color:red\">temperatures</span> ranging from 77 to 293 K. Hydrogen caused the increase in <span style=\"color:red\">cryogenic</span> <span style=\"color:red\">strength</span>, both yield <span style=\"color:red\">strength</span> and ultimate tensile <span style=\"color:red\">strength</span>. Hydrogen decreased <span style=\"color:red\">cryogenic</span> ductility, and the maximum hydrogen embrittlement (HE) tendency was found at a certain low temperature. Cr-Ni-Mn-N austenitic steels showed the feature: δL>ΨL at low <span style=\"color:red\">temperatures</span>, here, δL andΨL are the hydrogen induced loss rates of elongation and reduction of area, respectively. Hydrogen had less effect on <span style=\"color:red\">cryogenic</span> Charpy impact <span style=\"color:red\">toughness</span> and notched tensile <span style=\"color:red\">strength</span>, however, hydrogen decreased <span style=\"color:red\">cryogenic</span> fracture <span style=\"color:red\">toughness</span> of the steels. At temperature below Md, the fracture <span style=\"color:red\">toughness</span> was obviously decreased due to the formation of strain-induced martensites, whether hydrogen was charged or not.","authors":[{"authorName":"Luming MA","id":"aa5975ee-4abb-4475-a23f-877db1bd8be4","originalAuthorName":"Luming MA"},{"authorName":" Guojun LIANG","id":"fb9c28f7-9600-43e5-bfa4-1dddd5138cfa","originalAuthorName":" Guojun LIANG"},{"authorName":" Jun TAN","id":"5fa790cf-22f3-4d7c-91ed-0b2e323ba914","originalAuthorName":" Jun TAN"},{"authorName":" Lijian RONG","id":"8930bef9-77a1-457f-aec7-12c34ead74c5","originalAuthorName":" Lijian RONG"},{"authorName":" Yiyi LI","id":"d713a096-152c-4239-9624-5906952015a3","originalAuthorName":" Yiyi LI"}],"categoryName":"|","doi":"","fpage":"67","id":"2c233c0e-3727-4131-90e1-0c7a69a7357c","issue":"1","journal":{"abbrevTitle":"CLKXJSY","coverImgSrc":"journal/img/cover/JMST.jpg","id":"11","issnPpub":"1005-0302 ","publisherId":"CLKXJSY","title":"材料科学技术（英文）"},"keywords":[],"language":"en","publisherId":"1005-0302_1999_1_15","title":"Effect of Hydrogen on <span style=\"color:red\">Cryogenic</span> <span style=\"color:red\">Mechanical</span> <span style=\"color:red\">Properties</span> of Cr-Ni-Mn-N Austenitic Steels","volume":"15","year":"1999"},{"abstractinfo":"A new ultrahigh <span style=\"color:red\">strength</span> pipeline steel with high yield <span style=\"color:red\">strength</span> and high impact <span style=\"color:red\">toughness</span> was fabricated in this work, and <span style=\"color:red\">mechanical</span> <span style=\"color:red\">properties</span> and <span style=\"color:red\">microstructure</span> of the steel were investigated in this paper. The steel exhibited outstanding <span style=\"color:red\">mechanical</span> <span style=\"color:red\">properties</span> with yield <span style=\"color:red\">strength</span> levels of up to 951MPa and Tensile <span style=\"color:red\">strength</span> levels up to 1023MPa. The sharp notch-<span style=\"color:red\">toughness</span> with absorbed energy values of 227J/cm2 at <span style=\"color:red\">Temperatures</span> of -30℃ and %shear of up to 95% in drop weight tear test (DWTT) at <span style=\"color:red\">temperatures</span> of -20℃ were achieved. It was found that <span style=\"color:red\">microstructure</span> of the steel comprises a majority of low carbon lath bainite with different sublaths and sub-sublaths, meanwhile there is a high density of dislocation between laths and the dispersed film-like martensite-austenite (M-A) constituents. Most of the precipitates in this steel are duplex type containing Nb and Ti with characterized morphology of cap. The precipitation size is a few to a few tens nanometers.","authors":[{"authorName":"ZHANG Jiming","id":"0e5a6c24-0aa1-4119-aa4a-ee165b8b038b","originalAuthorName":"ZHANG Jiming"},{"authorName":"SUN Weihua","id":"c4aa880d-1189-460f-909d-077162adcdf0","originalAuthorName":"SUN Weihua"},{"authorName":"SUN Hao","id":"92ea8b08-78aa-4a2a-88ff-99f4c4966a28","originalAuthorName":"SUN Hao"}],"categoryName":"|","doi":"","fpage":"63","id":"1d9306bf-ffa3-4cea-bf43-e507593b1d2e","issue":"10","journal":{"abbrevTitle":"GTYJXBYWB","coverImgSrc":"journal/img/cover/GTYJXBEN.jpg","id":"1","issnPpub":"1006-706X","publisherId":"GTYJXBYWB","title":"钢铁研究学报(英文版)"},"keywords":[{"id":"9647d9f3-10ec-4286-85f4-b8be29ca8e2c","keyword":"pipeline steel;<span style=\"color:red\">mechanical</span> <span style=\"color:red\">properties</span>;lath bainite;precipitate","originalKeyword":"pipeline steel;mechanical properties;lath bainite;precipitate"}],"language":"en","publisherId":"1006-706X_2010_10_11","title":"<span style=\"color:red\">Mechanical</span> <span style=\"color:red\">Properties</span> and <span style=\"color:red\">Microstructure</span> of X120 Grade High <span style=\"color:red\">Strength</span> Pipeline Steel","volume":"17","year":"2010"},{"abstractinfo":"The method of high-pressure hydrogen charging was used to investigate the internal hydrogen effects on <span style=\"color:red\">cryogenic</span> <span style=\"color:red\">mechanical</span> <span style=\"color:red\">properties</span> of two Cr-Ni-Mn-N austenitic steels, 22-13-5 and 21-6-9. Specimens saturated with hydrogen up to 65x10(-6) similar to 68x10(-6) were tested in air at <span style=\"color:red\">temperatures</span> ranging from 77 to 293 K. Hydrogen caused the increase in <span style=\"color:red\">cryogenic</span> <span style=\"color:red\">strength</span>. both yield <span style=\"color:red\">strength</span> and ultimate tensile <span style=\"color:red\">strength</span>. Hydrogen decreased <span style=\"color:red\">cryogenic</span> ductility, and the maximum hydrogen embrittlement (HE) tendency was found at a certain low temperature. Cr-Ni-Mn-N austenitic steels showed the feature: delta(L) > psi(L) at low <span style=\"color:red\">temperatures</span>, here, delta(L) and psi(L) are the hydrogen induced loss rates of elongation and reduction of area, respectively Hydrogen had less effect on <span style=\"color:red\">cryogenic</span> Charpy impact <span style=\"color:red\">toughness</span> and notched tensile <span style=\"color:red\">strength</span>, however, hydrogen decreased <span style=\"color:red\">cryogenic</span> fracture <span style=\"color:red\">toughness</span> of the steels. At temperature below Md, the fracture <span style=\"color:red\">toughness</span> was obviously decreased due to the formation of strain-induced martensites, whether hydrogen was charged or not.","authors":[],"categoryName":"|","doi":"","fpage":"67","id":"4c06bb9b-ae50-4d0f-83ea-90b8904be947","issue":"1","journal":{"abbrevTitle":"CLKXJSY","coverImgSrc":"journal/img/cover/JMST.jpg","id":"11","issnPpub":"1005-0302 ","publisherId":"CLKXJSY","title":"材料科学技术（英文）"},"keywords":[],"language":"en","publisherId":"1005-0302_1999_1_2","title":"Effect of hydrogen on <span style=\"color:red\">cryogenic</span> <span style=\"color:red\">mechanical</span> <span style=\"color:red\">properties</span> of Cr-Ni-Mn-N austenitic steels","volume":"15","year":"1999"},{"abstractinfo":"Si-B-O-N powder without B-O bonds synthesized by polymeric precursor were hot-pressed into ceramics at different <span style=\"color:red\">temperatures</span>. The variations of <span style=\"color:red\">microstructure</span> and <span style=\"color:red\">mechanical</span> <span style=\"color:red\">properties</span> of Si-B-O-N ceramics have been investigated. Crystallization of Si-B-O-N ceramics occurred at about 1400°C. Density, elastic modulus, and flexural <span style=\"color:red\">strength</span> of the ceramics increased with the increasing sintering <span style=\"color:red\">temperatures</span>, and reached to their maximum values at 1600°C. By contrast,hardness and fracture <span style=\"color:red\">toughness</span> of the ceramics monotonically changed with increasing sintering <span style=\"color:red\">temperatures</span>. Hardness decreased, while the fracture <span style=\"color:red\">toughness</span> increased. The principal toughening mechanisms including crack deflection, crack bridging and plate grain pulling-out effects are discussed","authors":[{"authorName":"Junbao ZHANG","id":"0dd837ea-bf63-4a6a-aab3-e86803c65ec9","originalAuthorName":"Junbao ZHANG"},{"authorName":" Guangwu WEN","id":"e25feed1-10de-40fa-88d8-460db2e02f1d","originalAuthorName":" Guangwu WEN"},{"authorName":" Tingquan LEI","id":"012ddf51-a18d-450c-917b-0f7be51523bd","originalAuthorName":" Tingquan LEI"},{"authorName":" Dechang JIA","id":"93796b61-ca27-4a8a-b365-81880946460c","originalAuthorName":" Dechang JIA"},{"authorName":" Jiancun RAO","id":"d310b41d-9f6d-46df-86ae-4a8b0244bb31","originalAuthorName":" Jiancun RAO"}],"categoryName":"|","doi":"","fpage":"343","id":"28358407-cb9c-4d75-9faf-78385c3fa5ef","issue":"4","journal":{"abbrevTitle":"CLKXJSY","coverImgSrc":"journal/img/cover/JMST.jpg","id":"11","issnPpub":"1005-0302 ","publisherId":"CLKXJSY","title":"材料科学技术（英文）"},"keywords":[{"id":"b17e5691-e961-4911-90a6-91b290046de0","keyword":"Si-B-O-N ceramics","originalKeyword":"Si-B-O-N ceramics"},{"id":"d870799f-9475-4f0b-b795-06feee32f493","keyword":"null","originalKeyword":"null"},{"id":"03265ae3-3916-4be3-8f3f-8b0bce3f1418","keyword":"null","originalKeyword":"null"},{"id":"7363d98d-0e0b-4e1b-9aa4-ba4f4a142997","keyword":"null","originalKeyword":"null"}],"language":"en","publisherId":"1005-0302_2002_4_19","title":"Variations of <span style=\"color:red\">Microstructure</span> and <span style=\"color:red\">Mechanical</span> <span style=\"color:red\">Properties</span> of Si-B-O-N Ceramics with Sintering <span style=\"color:red\">Temperatures</span>","volume":"18","year":"2002"},{"abstractinfo":"A Hall-Petch-type dependence of microhardness of Ti/TiN multilayers on their modulation wavelength LAMBDA has been set up. Microstructural studies have shown a linear dependence of their grain size with LAMBDA. Combining the results of <span style=\"color:red\">mechanical</span> and microstructural studies provides the basis that the hardness behavior of Ti/TiN multilayers can be attributed to the grain size refining effect.","authors":[],"categoryName":"|","doi":"","fpage":"200","id":"b7fc2a40-f765-4296-a42b-57c66d042480","issue":"42738","journal":{"abbrevTitle":"JOMAMM","id":"5d7a0764-3359-4184-bc25-ad22bbdaf30a","issnPpub":"0304-8853","publisherId":"JOMAMM","title":"Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials"},"keywords":[],"language":"en","publisherId":"0304-8853_1993_42738_1","title":"<span style=\"color:red\">MICROSTRUCTURE</span> AND <span style=\"color:red\">MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES</span> OF METAL-CERAMIC TI/TIN MULTILAYERS","volume":"126","year":"1993"},{"abstractinfo":"<span style=\"color:red\">Mechanical</span> <span style=\"color:red\">properties</span> of quenching, intercritical quenching and tempering (QLT) treated steel containing Ni of 9% were evaluated from specimens subject to various tempering <span style=\"color:red\">temperatures</span>. The detailed microstructures of steel containing Ni of 9% at different tempering <span style=\"color:red\">temperatures</span> were observed by optical microscope (OM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM). The volume fraction of austenite was estimated by XRD. The results show that high <span style=\"color:red\">strength</span> and <span style=\"color:red\">cryogenic</span> <span style=\"color:red\">toughness</span> of steel containing Ni of 9% are obtained when the tempering temperature are between 540 and 580 ℃. The <span style=\"color:red\">microstructure</span> keeps the dual phase lamellar structure after the intercritical quenching and there is cementite created in the Nirich constituents when tempering temperature is 540 ℃. When tempering <span style=\"color:red\">temperatures</span> are between 560 and 580 ℃, the reversed austenites (γ′) grow up and the dual phase lamellar structure is not clear. The γ′ becomes instable at 600 ℃. When tempered at temperature ranging from 500 to 520 ℃, the increase of dislocation density in the lamellar matrix makes both tensile <span style=\"color:red\">strength</span> and yield <span style=\"color:red\">strength</span> decrease. When tempered at 540 ℃ and higher temperature, the yield <span style=\"color:red\">strength</span> decreases continuously because the C and alloying elements in the matrix are absorbed by the cementite and the γ′, so the yield ratio is decreased by the γ′. There are two <span style=\"color:red\">toughness</span> mechanisms at different tempering <span style=\"color:red\">temperatures</span>. One is that the precipitation of cementite absorbs the carbon in the steel which plays a major role in improving <span style=\"color:red\">cryogenic</span> <span style=\"color:red\">toughness</span> at lower temperature. Another is that the γ′ and the purified matrix become major role at higher tempering temperature. When the tempering temperature is 600 ℃, the stability of γ′ is decreased quickly, even the transformation takes place at room temperature, which results in a sharp decrease of CharpyV impact energy at 77 K. The tempering temperature range is enlarged by the special distribution of cementite and the lamellar structure.","authors":[{"authorName":"ZHAO Xiqing","id":"02cf123c-c990-4105-8f76-94065506f84a","originalAuthorName":"ZHAO Xiqing"},{"authorName":"PAN Tao","id":"15cfe83d-0f01-458d-a4e9-88b61af7de91","originalAuthorName":"PAN Tao"},{"authorName":"WANG Qingfeng","id":"617c180d-ced8-4fa2-bad6-4750e7b70092","originalAuthorName":"WANG Qingfeng"},{"authorName":"SU Hang","id":"1d93c859-5415-4b6f-b7b9-8a05ef8d9930","originalAuthorName":"SU Hang"},{"authorName":"YANG Caifu","id":"8c74e8c6-95d8-4d7a-a172-8c8b90e08855","originalAuthorName":"YANG Caifu"},{"authorName":"YANG Qingxiang","id":"210430dd-65ad-49cc-bfe1-3daedb592c45","originalAuthorName":"YANG Qingxiang"}],"categoryName":"|","doi":"","fpage":"47","id":"7c3a24c7-3c42-48a2-906e-b83a8710296c","issue":"5","journal":{"abbrevTitle":"GTYJXBYWB","coverImgSrc":"journal/img/cover/GTYJXBEN.jpg","id":"1","issnPpub":"1006-706X","publisherId":"GTYJXBYWB","title":"钢铁研究学报(英文版)"},"keywords":[{"id":"7778a6fc-5222-4012-b9df-516f286a64c9","keyword":"steel containing Ni of 9% ","originalKeyword":"steel containing Ni of 9% "},{"id":"afc99048-2159-4628-839a-443271e49414","keyword":"  tempering temperature ","originalKeyword":"  tempering temperature "},{"id":"9a11928d-8944-427a-9808-8151c0222abb","keyword":"  cementite ","originalKeyword":"  cementite "},{"id":"69d865c6-afc3-4977-8ea9-fab04a2e2fda","keyword":"  reversed austenite ","originalKeyword":"  reversed austenite "},{"id":"04eba89c-0c06-407d-855d-938961b9e19a","keyword":"  <span style=\"color:red\">cryogenic</span> <span style=\"color:red\">toughness</span>","originalKeyword":"  cryogenic toughness"}],"language":"en","publisherId":"1006-706X_2011_5_12","title":"Effect of Tempering Temperature on <span style=\"color:red\">Microstructure</span> and <span style=\"color:red\">Mechanical</span> <span style=\"color:red\">Properties</span> of Steel Containing Ni of 9%","volume":"18","year":"2011"},{"abstractinfo":"The <span style=\"color:red\">mechanical</span> <span style=\"color:red\">properties</span> of 20 vol.-%SiC whisker reinforced ZrO2-Y2O3 composites containing 2 and 6 mol-% Y2O3 were measured at room temperature and the fracture surface was examined. The results indicate that the <span style=\"color:red\">mechanical</span> behaviour of the composites is strongly influenced by the Y2O3 content. The magnitude of the enhancement ofthe <span style=\"color:red\">toughness</span> in composites containing 2 mol.-% Y2O3 compared with unreinforced ZrO2-Y2O3 matrix is larger than that for the composites containing 6 mol-% Y2O3. Crack propagation modes were characterised by crack deflection, whisker bridging, and whisker pullout. High resolution electron microscopic observations show that in composites containing 2 mol.-% Y2O3 the whiskers are directly bonded to the matrix. However; in composites containing 6 mol.-%Y2O3 there is always a thick amorphous layer at the interface, indicating that the high Y2O3 content has promoted the formation of interfacial amorphous layers. These interfacial amorphous layers strengthen the interfacial bonding, resulting in a composite with a low fracture <span style=\"color:red\">toughness</span>.","authors":[],"categoryName":"|","doi":"","fpage":"529","id":"4a493076-df49-46b6-8735-363a6b1d10a1","issue":"6","journal":{"abbrevTitle":"MSAT","id":"5c4ea523-f3ab-4618-9c21-537efff1d7fc","issnPpub":"0267-0836","publisherId":"MSAT","title":"Materials Science and Technology"},"keywords":[],"language":"en","publisherId":"0267-0836_1995_6_1","title":"<span style=\"color:red\">MICROSTRUCTURE</span> AND <span style=\"color:red\">MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES</span> OF SIC WHISKER-REINFORCED ZRO2-Y2O3 COMPOSITES","volume":"11","year":"1995"}],"totalpage":1218,"totalrecord":12178}