Designing scheme of compositionally tuned high-strength and high-conductive copper alloy: a systematic phase transformation study

Nidhi Shukla; Shyam Kanta Sinha; Bushra Munir; C. Srishilan; Chandan Srivastava; Suman Sarkar

doi:10.1007/s10853-024-10498-7

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Designing scheme of compositionally tuned high-strength and high-conductive copper alloy: a systematic phase transformation study

Nidhi Shukla, Shyam Kanta Sinha, Bushra Munir, C. Srishilan, Chandan Srivastava, Suman Sarkar

Journal of Materials Science· Volume 60· Issue 3

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