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Cryptic Alloys and Microstructure Enigma
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Across
  • 2. Solid phase formed to harden alloys—no weather involved
  • 4. The hard quenched phase resembling a German scientist’s legacy
  • 8. Conduit of current in metallurgy’s arc, not just a battery part
  • 9. Magnetic phase of iron with a body-centered frame
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  • 1. Process turning carbides into globular shapes for ductility’s sake
  • 3. Heat treatment that cools the fire of hardness with balance
  • 5. Directional dependence often betrays this non-isotropic trait
  • 6. Measuring material’s slow deformation under stress, time’s trial
  • 7. Face-centered cubic phase, named for a pioneer’s state of mind
  • 10. Rapid cooling, the metallurgist’s way to trap strength
  • 11. Element’s polymorphs playing multiple structural roles
  • 12. Branching solidification patterns like frozen lightning

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