title: Fiber composite alloys: preparation by controlled dissociation of metallic solid solutions.
abstract: Fiber-reinforced alloys have been prepared by the controlled dissociation of gold-nickel and aluminum-zinc solid solutions. To cause the dissociation, the alloys were taken from a one-phase field to a two-phase field by lowering the temperature. The new two-phase structure was in each case formed by diffusion controlled processes, and under certain conditions one of the new equilibrium phases appeared in the form of fibers, a few tenths of a micron in diameter, embedded in a matrix of the other. The precipitated phase first appeared in the form of spherical particles, but these aligned and then coalesced to form the fibers.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fesolowich
authors.forename: A A
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authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bestel
authors.forename: K
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authors.lastname: Mukherjee