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X-ray Peak Profile Analysis on the Microstructure of Al-5.9%Mg-0.3%Sc-0.18%Zr Alloy Deformed by High Pressure Torsion Straining
The microstructure of plastically deformed Al-5.9%Mg-0.3%Sc-0.18%Zr alloy has been
investigated. The severe plastic deformation has been performed by high pressure torsion
straining (HPT) up to 15 revolutions at room temperature. The microstructure as a function of
the number of revolutions is studied by X-ray diffraction peak profile analysis. It is concluded
that the HPT technique results in nanostructure even after 0.5 turn with very high dislocation
density. The crystallite size decreases and the dislocation density increases with the number of
revolutions, however, after five turns they go into saturation. The edge and the dipole
character of the dislocation structure becomes stronger with the increase of the number of
revolutions. The value of the crystallite size determined by X-ray peak profile analysis is a bit
smaller than the grain size obtained by transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
Platform Competition with Intra-Group Externalities
In this article we analyze asymmetric two-sided markets. Two types of agents are assumed to interact with each other and we assume that agents of one type derive utility from inter-group interactions, while the other type of agents benefit from intra-group rather than from inter-group interactions as it is assumed in the standard symmetric two-sided markets model. First, we consider a monopoly platform, then we analyze competing platforms, both with single-homing and multi-homing abilities