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From the previous chapter, it will have become clear that the presence of yield point phenomena in iron and steel is due to the presence of interstitial impurities in the metal. From the Cottrell theory (Section 1.5.1) it would be expected that substantial alloying elements could also form atmospheres to lock dislocations in position, but little has been done on, say, precipitation hardening steels which might fall in this category. In the case of the high alloy austenitic steels, it will again be found (Section 2.8) that carbides are responsible for the serrated yielding found there.
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Hall, E.O. (1970). Iron and its Alloys. In: Yield Point Phenomena in Metals and Alloys. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1860-6_2
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