Amorphous Si<sub>1-x</sub>Sn<sub>x</sub> alloys have been prepared by co-evaporation onto substrates maintained atliquid nitrogen temperature. Their atomic stru
Results indicate that under cyclic tension thegrowth rate of short fatigue crack from notch rootwill be lowered greatly by tensile pre-loading,butonly a little
A comprehensive review of low temperature environmental embrittlement in intermetallics is pres-ented. Moisture and hydrogen are shown to severely embrittle man