Dissemination of IT for the Promotion of Materials Science (DoITPoMS)

DoITPoMS Teaching & Learning Packages Toughening of Materials

Toughening of Materials

The purpose of this Teaching and Learning Package (TLP) is to provide an insight into the mechanisms exploited to increase toughness, predominantly in brittle materials, but also including some related toughness phenomena in metals.

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Micrograph 195 from the DoITPoMS library. Micrograph of ZTA

First created: August 2022. Last updated: August 2023.