Researchers are investigating ways to design structural materials that develop fewer, smaller flaws under irradiation. Radiation can harm spacecraft, nuclear power plants and high-energy accelerators.

Performance requirements on alloys are becoming more stringent for end users in industries such as aerospace, medical, power generation, oil and gas, specialty automotive, and trucks. These ...

The 1937 discovery of the intense grain refining effect of zirconium was a major step forward in the development of magnesium alloys. The presence of zirconium gives a fine, equiaxed grain structure ...