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Aluminum-base amorphous and nanocrystalline materials

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Results of long-term studies of the author are generalized and compared to works of other researchers of amorphous aluminum alloys and nanostructured materials obtained by crystallization of amorphous aluminum alloys and directly by cooling of the melt.

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Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 10, pp. 12 – 17, October, 2011.

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Louzguine-Luzgin, D.V. Aluminum-base amorphous and nanocrystalline materials. Met Sci Heat Treat 53, 472–477 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11041-012-9417-3

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  • aluminum alloys
  • amorphous state
  • nanostructure