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HERO ID
2593551
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Seventy-five years of superplasticity: historic developments and new opportunities
Author(s)
Langdon, TG
Year
2009
Is Peer Reviewed?
Yes
Journal
Journal of Materials Science
ISSN:
0022-2461
EISSN:
1573-4803
Volume
44
Issue
22
Page Numbers
5998-6010
DOI
10.1007/s10853-009-3780-5
Web of Science Id
WOS:000270179200005
Abstract
On this seventy-fifth anniversary of the first scientific report of true superplastic flow, it is appropriate both to look back and examine the major developments that established the present understanding of superplasticity and to look to the future to the new opportunities that are made possible by new processing techniques, based on the application of severe plastic deformation, that permit the production of fully dense bulk materials with submicrometer or nanometer grain sizes. This review proposes a minor modification to the present definition of superplasticity, it provides an overview of the current understanding of the flow of superplastic metals and ceramics and then it examines, and gives examples of, the new possibilities that are now available for achieving exceptional superplastic behavior.
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