Grain-boundary strengthening (Hall-Petch)

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the Metallurgy and Alloys subtree

Hall-Petch 1951: yield strength sigma_y = sigma_0 + k_y / sqrt(d), where d is grain size; nano-grain materials achieve very high strength but show inverse Hall-Petch breakdown below ~10 nm.

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