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Effect of Cooling Rate on Microstructure Evolution and Mechanical Properties of SCM435 Steel

Researchers investigated how cooling rate affects microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of SCM435 cold heading steel using scanning electron microscopy, TEM, XRD, and electron backscatter diffraction. Results showed that cooling rate significantly determines the phase composition, grain structure, and resulting strength and ductility of the steel.

2024 Metals 5 citations
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Dynamic Processes of Substructural Rearrangement under Friction of Carbon Steel

This study examined how heat treatment affects the friction and wear properties of medium carbon steel, linking material microstructure to tribological performance. The research is focused on materials engineering with limited direct relevance to microplastic pollution or human health.

2023 Advances in Science and Technology – Research Journal 1 citations
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Stability of retained austenite in high carbon steel under compressive stress: an investigation from macro to nano scale

This materials science study investigates how retained austenite in high-carbon steel behaves under compressive stress at both macro and nano scales, using electron microscopy and diffraction techniques. The research addresses industrial steel performance and has no direct connection to microplastics or environmental health.

2016 Scientific Reports 97 citations
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Characterizing and Modeling Transformation-Induced Plasticity in 13Cr-4Ni Welds upon Cooling

This materials science paper investigates transformation-induced plasticity in martensitic stainless steel welds used in hydraulic turbine manufacturing. The study is focused on metal alloy behavior during cooling and is unrelated to microplastic pollution research.

2023 Materials
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The Effect of Initial Annealing Microstructures on the Forming Characteristics of Ti–4Al–2V Titanium Alloy

This materials science study investigated how pre-treatment processes affect the plastic forming behavior of a titanium alloy used in aerospace applications. It is an engineering paper unrelated to environmental microplastics.

2019 Metals 16 citations
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Toward a New Interpretation of the Mechanical Behaviour of As-quenched Low Alloyed Martensitic Steels

This materials science study revisits the mechanical behavior of as-quenched low-alloy martensitic steels, developing a model to explain their high strain-hardening and Bauschinger effect based on a composite view of the microstructure. This metallurgy research has no connection to microplastics or environmental health.

2012 ISIJ International 78 citations
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Rapid estimation of fatigue limit for C45 steel by thermography and digital image correlation

This materials engineering study used thermography and digital image correlation to rapidly estimate the fatigue limit of steel, linking temperature and mechanical changes to the onset of microplastic deformation in metal. It is a mechanical engineering paper not related to environmental microplastics.

2020 The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design 16 citations
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Micromechanical aspects of the effect of temperature and local plastic strain magnitude on the fracture toughness of ferrite steels

This materials science study examined how temperature and plastic strain affect the fracture toughness of ferrite steels at the microscopic scale. The term 'microplastic' here refers to microscopic plastic deformation in metal — this is an engineering study unrelated to plastic particle pollution.

2023 Procedia Structural Integrity
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Rate-Controlling Microplastic Processes during Plastic Flow in FCC Metals: Origin of the Variation of Strain Rate Sensitivity in Aluminum from 78 to 300 K

This materials science study examines the temperature dependence of deformation mechanisms in aluminum, specifically how strain rate sensitivity changes from cryogenic to room temperature — not related to microplastics or environmental health.

2022 Crystals 6 citations
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Exploring the effect of complex hierarchic microstructure of quenched and partitioned martensitic stainless steels on their high cycle fatigue behaviour

This study examined the fatigue behavior of quenched and partitioned martensitic stainless steels, finding that their complex microstructure affects how they fail under cyclic loading. This is a materials science paper with no direct relevance to microplastics or environmental health.

2023 Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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Effect of Cyclic Ice Plug Deformation on Microstructure and Mechanical Behaviors of Nuclear-Grade Low-Carbon Tubular Steel

Not relevant to microplastics — this is a metallurgy study examining how cyclic freeze-thaw ice plugging affects the dislocation microstructure and mechanical properties of nuclear-grade steel pipeline material.

2024 Materials 2 citations
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The influence of microstructure on the fatigue crack growth rate in marine steels in the Paris Region

This study examined how internal microstructure affects fatigue crack growth in marine-grade steel under seawater and air conditions, identifying three crack-influencing phenomena. The research pertains to offshore structural integrity and is not directly related to microplastics or human health.

2020 Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 20 citations
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Numerische und experimentelle Untersuchung zerspanungsbedingter Gefügeumwandlungen und Modellierung des thermo-mechanischen Lastkollektivs beim Bohren von 42CrMo4

This German engineering thesis used numerical simulation and experimental methods to study how the drilling process transforms the microstructure of 42CrMo4 steel near the machined surface. This is a manufacturing engineering study with no relevance to microplastic pollution or environmental health.

2014 Repository KITopen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) 8 citations
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Exploring the effect of complex hierarchic microstructure of quenched and partitioned martensitic stainless steels on their high cycle fatigue behaviour

This materials science study examined the fatigue behavior of quenched and partitioned martensitic stainless steels, finding improved strength-ductility balance. This is a metallurgy paper with no direct relevance to microplastics or environmental health.

2023 Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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Influence of Tempering Transformation Induced Plasticity (T-TRIP) on the Evolution of Residual Stresses in Laser Heat Treated 50CrMo4 Steel

Despite its title referencing "plasticity," this paper studies residual stresses in a type of industrial steel (50CrMo4) during laser heat treatment — not plastic pollution or microplastics. It examines how tempering transformation induced plasticity affects metal component stresses and is entirely outside the field of microplastic research.

2025 Proceedings of the ... ASM Heat Treating Society Conference 1 citations
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Effects of Adiabatic Heating and Strain Rate on the Dynamic Response of a CoCrFeMnNi High-Entropy Alloy

This materials science study analyzed how a high-entropy metal alloy responds to high-speed compression, including heat buildup at different strain rates. The research is not directly related to microplastics or human health.

2019 Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials 65 citations
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Effects of Ultra-Low Temperatures on the Mechanical Properties and Microstructure Evolution of a Ni-Co-Based Superalloy Thin Sheet during Micro-Tensile Deformation

This materials science paper examines how ultra-low temperatures affect the mechanical properties and microstructure of a nickel-cobalt superalloy used in aerospace and nuclear applications. The study is focused on extreme-condition materials performance and is unrelated to microplastic research.

2023 Materials
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Influence of hard phase size and spacing on the fatigue crack propagation in tool steels—Numerical simulation and experimental validation

Not relevant to microplastics research; this paper investigates how carbide size and spacing in tool steel microstructures affects fatigue crack growth rate, with no connection to plastic pollution.

2023 Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 6 citations
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Quantification of dislocation structures from anelastic deformation behaviour

This materials science study analyzes the pre-yield deformation behavior of iron and low-alloy steel, modeling how dislocations move reversibly before permanent plastic deformation begins. The research is relevant to structural materials engineering but has no connection to microplastics or environmental health.

2016 Acta Materialia 76 citations
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Mechanical response of stainless steel subjected to biaxial load path changes: Cruciform experiments and multi-scale modeling

This materials science study used multi-scale modeling to predict how stainless steel deforms under complex multi-directional loading. The research is not related to microplastics or environmental health.

2018 International Journal of Plasticity 46 citations