High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are metallurgy’s version of having your cake and eating it too, combining multiple elements to ...

Compositionally complex alloys (CCAs) break from the traditional notion of an alloy being based on a single element. Instead, CCAs feature multiple metallic elements in near-equimolar proportions.

Navigating the extreme cold of deep space or handling super-chilled liquid fuels here on Earth requires materials that won't break. Most metals become brittle and fracture at such low temperatures.

Material fatigue remains one of the most persistent challenges in engineering, responsible for an estimated 80% of structural ...

A research team from Zhejiang University has developed a strong and tough CoNiCr alloy by overcoming intermediate temperature brittleness (ITB). By using the strategy of grain boundary engineering ...

As The Alloy Engineering Co. (www.alloyengineering.com) celebrates its 65th anniversary, the company is experiencing an average sales increase of 25 percent per year for the past three years with ...

Tianjin University scientists have developed a technique to significantly enhance the heat resistance of aluminum alloys. The new alloys can withstand temperatures up to 662°F, making them suitable ...

Metals usually soften when they expand under heating, but a research team led by a City University of Hong Kong (CityU) scholar and other researchers have discovered a first-of-its-kind super-elastic ...

Metals and their alloys underpin modern engineering, offering combinations of strength, toughness, conductivity and corrosion resistance across applications from infrastructure and transport to energy ...

Iron has been used by human civilizations for over three millennia. The Iron Age saw the popularization of ironworking, as blacksmiths learnt to heat, hammer, and shape the metal into tools, weapons, ...