Observations concerning the effects of the environment and material variables on the crack growth process in alloy 718 are reviewed and analyzed on the basis of deformation characteristics in the crack tip region. The review of the role of material variables has focused on the effects of chemical composition and microstructure parameters including precipitate size and morphology as well as grain size and morphology. These analyses have suggested that
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