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Embrittlement of nano-scale structures

Chen, J. S.; Kadic-Galeb, A.; Ferrari, Mauro; Devine, Thomas M.

UCB/SEMM-1992/14, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1992-06, 7 pages (500/C23/92/14)

Transgranular stress corrosion cracking calculations show that a tensile stress state exists in the porous, dealloyed, surface layer formed on a copper-gold (Cu-30 Au) alloy due to corrosion while a compressive stress state is generated in the substrate.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-92-14.pdf (5 MB)