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    Whisker Nucleation by Slip-Assisted Grain Rotation During Thermal Cycling

    As a result of thermal cycling, polycrystalline tin films with a large in-plane grain size relative to film thickness on copper substrates show grain boundary (GB) sliding, creep, yielding, and nucleation of s...

    Congying Wang, **aorong Cai, Marisol Koslowski, John Blendell, Carol Handwerker in JOM (2024)

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    The Role of Calcium Hydroxide in the Elastic and Viscoelastic Response of Cementitious Materials: A Nanoindentation and SEM-EDS Study

    Calcium hydroxide (CH) typically comprises 20–25 % of the volume of ordinary portland cement (OPC) paste. CH is generally considered as an elastic phase that restrains the viscoelastic responses of calcium sil...

    Yiwen Bu, Christopher Saldana, Carol Handwerker in Nanotechnology in Construction (2015)

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    Fundamental Properties of Pb-Free Solder Alloys

    The search for a global Pb-free replacement for Sn-Pb eutectic alloy has been an evolving process as the threat of a regional lead ban became a reality in July 2006. Over the twelve years from 1994 through 200...

    Carol Handwerker, Ursula Kattner, Kil-Won Moon in Lead-Free Soldering (2007)