Formation of the structural-phase state of titanium-matrix composites reinforced with tic during synthesis and hot

D G Savvakin1, O O Stasiuk1, D V Vedel1,2

  • 1G.V. Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics N.A.S. of Ukraine, 36, Academician Vernadsky Blvd., Kyiv, 03142, Ukraine.

Scientific Reports
|October 16, 2025
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