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Microstructural aspects of superplasticity

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The microstructural aspects of the superplastic phenomenon are reviewed. The experimental results of a very large number of investigations are critically analysed in the context of: grain shape and size; grain growth; grain boundary sliding and migration, grain rotation and rearrangement; diffusion and dislocation activity. It is shown, that in spite of often conflicting evidence in the literature, a common pattern of microstructural behaviour emerges for all the materials and conditions investigated to date.

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Kashyap, B.P., Arieli, A. & Mukherjee, A.K. Microstructural aspects of superplasticity. J Mater Sci 20, 2661–2686 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00553028

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