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Making steel strong and cheap

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Introducing high-density ordered nanoprecipitates into martensitic steel increases strength at modest cost.

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Figure 1: The crystal structures of hexagonal α-M2C (alloy carbide), hexagonal η-Ni3Ti (DO24), cubic NiAl (B2), and body-centred cubic α-iron.
Figure 2: Idealized dislocation pinned by a distribution of precipitates.

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