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A New Phase in a Complex Alloy Steel

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DURING investigations into the age-hardening of a steel containing 12 per cent chromium, 4 per cent nickel, 3 per cent manganese and 2.5 per cent silicon, a phase not previously reported was extracted electrolytically. This new constituent has been arbitrarily designated S phase.

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BROWN, G., ALLSOP, R. & WILKINSON, D. A New Phase in a Complex Alloy Steel. Nature 182, 1437 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1821437a0

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