Ceramics, Polymers, Metals, and Composites

  1. Deformation and Strengthening Mechanisms
    1. Dislocations and Plastic Deformation
      1. Dislocation Motion
        1. Slip Process
          1. Critical Resolved Shear Stress
            1. Schmid Factor
            2. Slip Systems
              1. Slip Planes
                1. Close-Packed Planes
                  1. Plane Spacing
                  2. Slip Directions
                    1. Close-Packed Directions
                      1. Burger's Vector
                      2. Number of Slip Systems
                      3. Deformation in Single Crystals
                        1. Resolved Shear Stress
                          1. Orientation Effects
                            1. Multiple Slip
                            2. Deformation in Polycrystals
                              1. Grain Constraint
                                1. Grain Boundary Effects
                                  1. Taylor Factor
                                2. Strengthening Mechanisms
                                  1. Grain Size Strengthening
                                    1. Hall-Petch Relationship
                                      1. Grain Boundary Barriers
                                        1. Grain Size Measurement
                                        2. Solid Solution Strengthening
                                          1. Substitutional Alloying
                                            1. Interstitial Alloying
                                              1. Atomic Size Mismatch
                                                1. Modulus Mismatch
                                                2. Strain Hardening
                                                  1. Dislocation Density Increase
                                                    1. Dislocation Interactions
                                                      1. Forest Dislocations
                                                        1. Recovery Processes
                                                        2. Precipitation Hardening
                                                          1. Coherent Precipitates
                                                            1. Semi-Coherent Precipitates
                                                              1. Incoherent Precipitates
                                                                1. Orowan Mechanism
                                                                2. Dispersion Strengthening
                                                                  1. Particle Spacing
                                                                    1. Particle Size Effects
                                                                      1. High-Temperature Stability
                                                                    2. Recovery, Recrystallization, and Grain Growth
                                                                      1. Recovery
                                                                        1. Dislocation Rearrangement
                                                                          1. Subgrain Formation
                                                                            1. Property Changes
                                                                            2. Recrystallization
                                                                              1. Nucleation and Growth
                                                                                1. Recrystallization Temperature
                                                                                  1. Driving Force
                                                                                    1. Kinetics
                                                                                    2. Grain Growth
                                                                                      1. Normal Grain Growth
                                                                                        1. Abnormal Grain Growth
                                                                                          1. Grain Growth Kinetics
                                                                                            1. Inhibiting Factors

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                                                                                        7. Phase Diagrams