| A comparison between the tensile properties and the creep characteristics of the electrodeposited unreinforced nickel and its nanocomposite reinforced by 2 vol.% of nano-sized SiO2 particles at temperatures in the range from 293 to 473K shows that the tensile properties of the composite are not considerably improved compared to those of the matrix nickel. By contrast, the presence of the particle reinforcement may lead to an increase of the creep resistance of the composite. |
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