Electron microscopy study of scratch-induced surface microstructures in an Al-Cu-Fe icosahedral quasicrystal

J. Wu, Valerie Brien, P. Brunet +2

Microstructure modifications induced by sliding a WC-Co indenter in scratch tests on the surface of a single phase AlCuFe icosahedral quasicrystal (IQC) was studied by scanning ele…