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The Role of Hydrogen and Other Interstitials in the Mechanical Behavior of Metals

(1959 Edward De Mille Campbell Memorial Lecture)

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Reprinted from Transactions of American Society for Metals, vol. 52, 54–80 (1960). Copyright 1960 by American Society for Metals, Metals Park, Ohio. At the time of the original printing, the author, Alexander R. Troiano was Chairman, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland.

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Troiano, A.R. The Role of Hydrogen and Other Interstitials in the Mechanical Behavior of Metals. Metallogr. Microstruct. Anal. 5, 557–569 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13632-016-0319-4

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