Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

Three-dimensional character of the deformation twin in magnesium

  • Y. Liu,
  • P. Z. Tang,
  • M. Y. Gong,
  • R. J. McCabe,
  • J. Wang,
  • C. N. Tomé

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10573-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Imaging deformation twins in three dimensions is difficult and they are usually viewed as two-dimensional ellipsoids. Here, the authors statistically analyze more than two hundred deformation twins in magnesium observed in three different views and show lateral twin expansion is faster than forward propagation.