Achieving high strength and high conductivity synergy through hierarchical precipitation stimulated structural heterogeneities in a Cu-Ag-Zr alloy

Cu alloys can be plastically deformed to reach ultra-high strength, but often at an expense of their electrical conductivity. Here we report that the introduction of hierarchical precipitations and the resultant microstructural heterogeneities at different scales could overcome the strength-conducti...

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Main Authors: Xiang Wu, Jiaxuan Zhang, Richu Wang, Zainab Zafar, Xiaochun Liu, Yujing Liu, Lihua Qian, Lixin Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-07-01
Series:Materials & Design
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127522003999