journal article·2026-04

Hydride precipitation stresses governing autocatalytic nucleation and stacking interaction in zirconium alloys: Phase-field modeling and HR-EBSD determination

Runhao Zhang, Yao Wang, Dayong An, Xuchen Zhang, Shuyuan Zhang, Senmao Liang, Hao Xiang, Chao Yang, Weijia Gong

Acta Materialia· Volume 307
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