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High Pressure Surface Science and Engineering

By:Yury Gogotsi
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Print ISBN:9780750308816
eText ISBN:9780429525018
Edition:1
Copyright:2003
Format:Reflowable

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In many instances of mechanical interaction between two materials, the physicalcontact affects only the outermost surface layer, with little discernible influence on the bulk of the material. The resultant high pressures in these localised regimes can induce surface structural changes such as deformation, phase transformation and amorphization.