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The potentialities of a plasticine model of a polycrystal

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A plasticine model of a polycrystal has been constructed with a log-normal distribution of grain sizes. The polycrystal was dissected grain by grain in order to study the topology of the three-dimensional structure. The model was rebuilt with the same grain size distribution and sectioned along various planes. Several parameters of the two-dimensional sections were determined and correlated with the three-dimensional structure. These experiments show the full advantages of this type of model, which have not been exploited previously.

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  1. Departamento de Metalurgia, Complexo I, Instituto Superior Técnico, 1000, Lisboa, Portugal

    A. C. Ferro, J. C. Conte & M. A. Fortes

  2. Centro de Química Física Molecular, Complexo I, Instituto Superior Técnico, 1000, Lisboa, Portugal

    J. C. Conte

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Ferro, A.C., Conte, J.C. & Fortes, M.A. The potentialities of a plasticine model of a polycrystal. J Mater Sci 21, 2264–2268 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01114265

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