Design, Processing and Characterization of Metals and Alloys (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2026 | Viewed by 609
Special Issue Editor
Interests: microstructure characterization; plastic deformation and recrystallization of light metals; mechanical property
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metals and alloys, such as pure copper, aluminum alloy, steel, and TiAl intermetallic, are important materials for the aerospace, automobile, and electronic industries. All the products applied to any engineering field must experience the whole process of design and processing, including composition design, microstructure design, processing method, and relative parameters. Furthermore, to detect the microstructure and optimize the service performance, both microstructure characterization and mechanical characterization are required to different extents. Thus, it is quite important to understand and unveil the close links among design, processing, and characterization. This is the aim of this Special Issue, titled “Design, Processing and Characterization of Metals and Alloys (2nd Edition)”, and we hope to collect excellent studies on any metal or alloy from around the world. Works concerning, but not limited to, aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, steel, copper, brass, Ti-Al, heat treatment, plastic deformation, mechanical behavior, phase transformation, and microstructure characterization are all welcome.
Dr. Qinghuan Huo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microstructure
- plastic deformation
- heat treatment
- deformation mechanism
- mechanical property
- phase transformation
- grain boundary
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