[MAP] strengthening of aluminium alloys

[Kirk T McDonald]

Yuri,

Interesting!
http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v1/n6/pdf/ncomms1062.pdf

Will this nanotinkering hold up well against radiation damage?

Perhaps Nick Simos could get hold of some of this material and test it at 
the BLIP.

--Kirk

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Yuri Alexahin" <alexahin at fnal.gov>
To: <map-l at lists.bnl.gov>
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 3:35 PM
Subject: [MAP] strengthening of aluminium alloys


> Here is the info I saved, probably we can contact those guys:
>
> "Nanostructural hierarchy increases the strength of aluminium alloys" 
> Authors: Yuntian Zhu, North Carolina State University; Peter Liddicoat, 
> Simon P. Ringer and Xiao-Zhou Liao, University of Sydney; Yonghao Zhao and 
> Enrique J. Lavernia, University of California, Davis; Maxim Y. Murashkin 
> and Ruslan Z. Valiev, Ufa State Aviation Technical University. Published: 
> Sept. 7, 2010, in Nature Communications.
>
> A North Carolina State University researcher and colleagues have figured 
> out a way to make an aluminum alloy, or a mixture of aluminum and other 
> elements, just as strong as steel.
> Now, Zhu plans on working on strengthening magnesium, a metal that is even 
> lighter than aluminum. He's collaborating with the Department of Defense 
> on a project to make magnesium alloys strong enough to be used as body 
> armor for soldiers.
>
>
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