Palladium BMG Crack Staircase (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Palladium BMG Crack Staircase

Caption

SEM micrograph image of a bulk metallic glass under load shows a "staircase-like" crack path whose serrations resemble interlocking gear teeth that act to limit the opening and closing of cracks.

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Image courtesy of Robert Ritchie, Berkeley Lab

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