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Reversible temper brittleness of metals by failure mechanics methods

  • Phenomenology and Mechanism of Hydrogen Embrittlement of Metals and Alloys
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Translated from Fiziko-Khimicheskaya Mekhanika Materialov, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 41–47, March–April, 1980.

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Romaniv, O.N., Tkach, A.N. & Krys'kiv, A.S. Reversible temper brittleness of metals by failure mechanics methods. Mater Sci 16, 141–147 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00721980

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