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Surprising Discovery Could Change the Way Industry Uses Nickel Edited by Texas A&M University College Station, Texas, United States
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ickel is one of the most abundant elements on earth. It is hard, yet
the Center for Research Excellence on Dynamically Deformed Solids
malleable, magnetic at room temperature, and a relatively good
at Texas A&M University. Their work was published in the American
conductor of electricity and heat. Most notably, nickel is highly corrosion
Physical Society’sbPhysical Review Materialsbjournal in an article titled
resistant, which provides for a variety of uses by industry.
“Preferential Corrosion of Coherent Twin Boundaries in Pure Nickel
However, a surprising discovery by a team of researchers at Texas A&M
Under Cathodic Charging.”
University has found that nickel not only corrodes, but does so in a way that scientists least expected. The team was led by
A surprising observation
Dr. Michael Demkowicz, associate professor and graduate director in
Like a ȴnished jigsaw puzzle, materials are made of interlocking pieces.
the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and director of
Microscopically, nickel is made ofbaggregatesbof small, tightly packed
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