<HTML dir=ltr><HEAD><TITLE>Re: [MAP] strengthening of aluminium alloys</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.13" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV id=idOWAReplyText97137 dir=ltr> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Hi Kirk/Yuri,</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Inreresting and worth exploring further.</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>I will be glad to try and put some of it to the "real" test in the next irradiation damage cycle at BNL BLIP.</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nick</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><BR> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Kirk T McDonald [mailto:kirkmcd@Princeton.EDU]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Fri 9/17/2010 3:55 PM<BR><B>To:</B> map-l@lists.bnl.gov<BR><B>Cc:</B> Simos, Nikolaos<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [MAP] strengthening of aluminium alloys<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV> <P><FONT size=2>Yuri,<BR><BR>Interesting!<BR><A href="http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v1/n6/pdf/ncomms1062.pdf">http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v1/n6/pdf/ncomms1062.pdf</A><BR><BR>Will this nanotinkering hold up well against radiation damage?<BR><BR>Perhaps Nick Simos could get hold of some of this material and test it at<BR>the BLIP.<BR><BR>--Kirk<BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Yuri Alexahin" <alexahin@fnal.gov><BR>To: <map-l@lists.bnl.gov><BR>Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 3:35 PM<BR>Subject: [MAP] strengthening of aluminium alloys<BR><BR><BR>> Here is the info I saved, probably we can contact those guys:<BR>><BR>> "Nanostructural hierarchy increases the strength of aluminium alloys"<BR>> Authors: Yuntian Zhu, North Carolina State University; Peter Liddicoat,<BR>> Simon P. Ringer and Xiao-Zhou Liao, University of Sydney; Yonghao Zhao and<BR>> Enrique J. Lavernia, University of California, Davis; Maxim Y. Murashkin<BR>> and Ruslan Z. Valiev, Ufa State Aviation Technical University. Published:<BR>> Sept. 7, 2010, in Nature Communications.<BR>><BR>> A North Carolina State University researcher and colleagues have figured<BR>> out a way to make an aluminum alloy, or a mixture of aluminum and other<BR>> elements, just as strong as steel.<BR>> Now, Zhu plans on working on strengthening magnesium, a metal that is even<BR>> lighter than aluminum. He's collaborating with the Department of Defense<BR>> on a project to make magnesium alloys strong enough to be used as body<BR>> armor for soldiers.<BR>><BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> MAP-l mailing list<BR>> MAP-l@lists.bnl.gov<BR>> <A href="https://lists.bnl.gov/mailman/listinfo/map-l">https://lists.bnl.gov/mailman/listinfo/map-l</A><BR>><BR><BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>