A Guinier–Preston zone, or GP-zone, is a fine-scale metallurgical phenomenon, involving early stage precipitation. GP-zones are associated with the phenomenon...

structure of metals and alloys. Along with André Guinier, Preston gives his name to the Guinier-Preston zone, discovered in 1938. He was born in the village...

microprobe by Raimond Castaing. The Guinier-Preston zone was named after Guinier and the British physicist George Dawson Preston, who discovered and described...

1.5% Mg2Si. An alloy of this group can be age-hardened to form Guinier-Preston zones and a very fine precipitate, both resulting in increased strength...

development into more complex Si-Al-O-N structures; the discovery of Guinier–Preston (GP) zones in Fe-Mo-N. The latter led to funding in 1970 from the Wolfson...