ON THE 45-DEGREES EMBRITTLEMENT OF TUNGSTEN SHEETS

Citation
J. Neges et al., ON THE 45-DEGREES EMBRITTLEMENT OF TUNGSTEN SHEETS, Materials science & engineering. A, Structural materials: properties, microstructure and processing, 196(1-2), 1995, pp. 129-133
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science
ISSN journal
09215093
Volume
196
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
129 - 133
Database
ISI
SICI code
0921-5093(1995)196:1-2<129:OT4EOT>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
45 degrees fracture in rolled sheets of W and Mo is caused by alignmen t of the cleavage planes in the rolling texture. 45 degrees embrittlem ent is caused by the nucleation of critical cracks at isolated grains formed by recrystallization of weak secondary components of the textur e.