Strengthening mechanisms of materials

<p>Methods have been devised to modify the <a href="/facts/Yield_strength/mrSg02gW">yield strength</a>, <a href="/facts/Ductility/SBJsahEk">ductility</a>, and <a href="/facts/Toughness/1gEIUdBu">toughness</a> of both <a href="/facts/Crystalline/e2R2mk3E">crystalline</a> and <a href="/facts/Amorphous/YTIzmrR0">amorphous</a> materials. These strengthening mechanisms give engineers the ability to tailor the mechanical properties of materials to suit a variety of different applications. For example, the favorable properties of steel result from <a href="/facts/Interstitial_defect/3kvKwQer">interstitial</a> incorporation of <a href="/facts/Carbon/ukrgQexo">carbon</a> into the <a href="/facts/Iron/QK1JYy8E">iron</a> lattice. <a href="/facts/Brass/pe8EHk6x">Brass</a>, a binary <a href="/facts/Alloy/I7w7WQWR">alloy</a> of <a href="/facts/Copper/I8PEE8oX">copper</a> and <a href="/facts/Zinc/80b1qgk3">zinc</a>, has superior mechanical properties compared to its constituent metals due to solution strengthening.  Work hardening (such as beating a red-hot piece of metal on anvil) has also been used for centuries by blacksmiths to introduce <a href="/facts/Dislocations/m1tkJYIq">dislocations</a> into materials, increasing their <a href="/facts/Yield_strength/mrSg02gW">yield strengths</a>.
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Strengthening mechanisms of materials