Fracture of the $C$15 CaAl${}_2$ Laves phase at small length-scales

James P. Best, Anwesha Kanjilal, Alireza Ghafarollahi +8

The cubic $C$15 CaAl${}_2$ Laves phase is a crucial brittle intermetallic precipitate in Mg-Al-Ca alloys. Although knowledge of the mechanical properties of coexisting phases is esse…