Titanium Cross Section (VIDEO)

University of California - Berkeley

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Shown is a cross section of grade 3 titanium (containing 0.3 percent oxygen) that has been put under stress and deformed. The defects in the crystal are evident. Oxygen impurities forced the defects to spread onto different planes of the material.

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