List of precipitation hardened alloys and shape of precipitate S. No Alloy Precipitate Shape Reason for the shape Reference 1 Inconel 718 Delta phase Plate To reduce strain energy (caused due to lattice miss fit, the b direction length is different from the matrix) it grows in plate like structure because Mahadevan, S., Nalawade, S., Singh, J. B., Verma, A., Paul, B., & Ramaswamy, K. (2010). Evolution of δ phase microstructure in alloy 718. 7th International Symposium on Superalloy 718 and Derivatives 2010 , 2 , 737–750. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118495223.ch57 2 Al–43%Zn-2%Cu Zn Ellipsoidal Due coherent interface between Zn (0002) and Al (111) Han, S. Z., Choi, E. A., Park, H. W., Lim, S. H., Lee, J., Ahn, J. H., Hwang, N. M., & Kim, K. (2017). Simultaneous increase in streng...