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Dislocation Arrangements and Cyclic Microplasticity Surrounding Stress Concentration in a Ni‐Based Single‐Crystal Superalloy

Not relevant to microplastics — this materials science study examines dislocation behavior and fatigue crack initiation in nickel-based single-crystal superalloys; 'microplasticity' here refers to microscale metal deformation, not plastic particles.

2023 Advanced Engineering Materials 9 citations
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Strain localization in the Alloy 718 Ni-based superalloy: From room temperature to 650 °C

This study investigates how a nickel-based superalloy deforms at different temperatures using high-resolution imaging techniques. The paper is not related to microplastics or human health. It focuses on the mechanical behavior of metal alloys used in engineering applications, examining how strain localizes in the material's internal structure at temperatures up to 650 degrees Celsius.

2024 Acta Materialia 71 citations
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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 Effects of Deep Cryogenic Treatment with Regard to the Mechanical Properties and Microstructural Evolution of Al-Mg Alloys with Different Grain Sizes

Deep cryogenic treatment (exposing materials to very low temperatures) was studied for its effects on microplastic mechanical properties, finding changes in brittleness and fragmentation tendency. Understanding how temperature extremes affect plastic degradation informs predictions of microplastic generation in cold environments.

2025 Materials 1 citations
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Estimating fatigue sensitivity to polycrystalline Ni‐base superalloy microstructures using a computational approach

This computational study examined how microstructural features of a nickel superalloy affect fatigue crack formation and small crack growth, aiming to predict fatigue life variability. This aerospace materials engineering study has no connection to microplastics or environmental health.

2007 Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 185 citations
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Temperature-Dependent Misfit Stress in Gamma Double Prime Strengthened Ni-Base Superalloys

This paper studied temperature-dependent internal stresses in Inconel 718, a nickel superalloy used in aerospace and industrial applications. While unrelated to microplastics, understanding mechanical behavior of high-performance materials is relevant to designing equipment that minimizes particle shedding during operation.

2020 Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 32 citations
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Hot Deformation Behavior and Processing Maps of a New Ti-6Al-2Nb-2Zr-0.4B Titanium Alloy

This materials science study characterized the high-temperature deformation behavior of a new titanium alloy used in aerospace and industrial applications. It has no direct relevance to microplastic or environmental health research.

2021 Materials 14 citations
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Transformation Kinetics, Microplasticity and Aging of Martensite in FE-31 Ni.

This materials science study examines microplastic behavior in iron-nickel martensite alloys, finding that stress-induced phase transformation produces unusually large microplastic strains. The term 'microplasticity' refers to small-scale plastic deformation in metals and is not related to environmental plastic pollution.

1966 122 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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Cleavage fracture micromechanisms in thick-section quenched and tempered S690 high-strength steels

Researchers studied how thick, high-strength steel plates crack at the microscale under extreme cold, finding that clusters of niobium-rich inclusions were the key weak points triggering fracture. This materials science research has no direct connection to microplastics but informs structural safety in industrial applications involving heavy steel components.

2022 Journal of Materials Science 12 citations
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In-situ neutron diffraction study of lattice deformation behaviour of commercially pure titanium at cryogenic temperature

Researchers used neutron diffraction — a technique that tracks how atomic structures stretch under stress — to study how commercially pure titanium deforms at extremely cold temperatures down to near absolute zero. They found that more twinning (a type of crystal rearrangement) at lower temperatures helps explain why titanium becomes surprisingly more ductile in cryogenic conditions.

2022 Scientific Reports 19 citations
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Microstructural and Mechanical Characterization of Ultra-Pure Aluminum for Low-Amplitude-Vibration Cryogenic Applications

Researchers characterized the mechanical and microstructural properties of three grades of ultra-high-purity aluminum across temperatures from room temperature down to -180°C, finding that microstructural features strongly govern elastic behavior and that these materials are suitable for vibration-damping thermal connections in cryogenic systems.

2026 Materials
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The Influence of Crystallographic Orientation and Grain Boundary on Nanoindentation Behavior of Inconel 718 Superalloy Based on Crystal Plasticity Theory

Researchers used computer simulations based on crystal plasticity theory to model how the microscopic grain structure and orientation of a nickel superalloy (Inconel 718) affects its mechanical behavior under nanoindentation — a tiny probe pressing into the surface. The results show that grain boundaries and crystal orientation strongly influence local stress patterns even when the overall force-displacement response looks similar.

2023 Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering 10 citations
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Crack nucleation using combined crystal plasticity modelling, high-resolution digital image correlation and high-resolution electron backscatter diffraction in a superalloy containing non-metallic inclusions under fatigue

This materials engineering study combined crystal plasticity modeling with high-resolution microscopy to understand how fatigue cracks form near non-metallic inclusions in nickel superalloys. The research addresses durability of industrial alloy components and is not related to microplastics research.

2016 Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences 75 citations
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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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Quantifying Co-Deformation Effects in Metallic Laminates by Loading–Unloading–Reloading Tensile Tests

This paper is not about microplastics; it investigates the mechanical co-deformation behavior of metallic laminate materials using cyclic tensile loading tests.

2023 Metals 6 citations
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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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High resolution digital image correlation mapping of strain localization upon room and high temperature, high cycle fatigue of a TiAl intermetallic alloy

This is a materials science study using high-resolution digital image correlation to map how strain localizes during the plastic deformation of metals. It is not related to environmental microplastics.

2020 International Journal of Fatigue 25 citations