Controlling Structure The World of Heat and Beat

By carefully selecting the thermal and mechanical history of a material, it is possible to tailor a number of different features of that material. Low-temperature anneals can induce precipitate reactions that increase the yield stress. Cold working changes the dislocation density, and this too alters the yield stress. If the material 

The role of this example in the current discussion is twofold first, we wish to illustrate the significant structural differences that attend different processing schedules, and second, we aim to show the inextricable link between measured properties and structural features at the microstructural level. 

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