Kink Bands (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Kink Bands

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This material structure map shows kink bands formed near a crack tip during crack propagation (from left to right) in the alloy at 25 C, room temperature. Made with a electron-backscatter diffraction detector in a scanning electron microscope.

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Berkeley Lab

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