The toughness, ductility, and wear resistance of metallic alloys are dictated by the phases present in their microstructure and how these phases are distributed. During heat treatments such as ...

This news release is available in German. Doctoral student Florian Vogel and Dr. Nelia Wanderka from the HZB Institute of Applied Materials have elegantly combined two methods to accomplish this: ...

Duplex steels have a two-phase microstructure made up of austenite and ferrite. They also have better toughness than ferritic stainless alloys, and double the strength of both austenitic and ferritic ...