Abstract
The critical strain for mixing was determined as a function of precipitate size in two-phase Cu90Ag10 alloys using high-pressure torsion experiments. X-ray diffraction, Z-contrast transmission electron microscopy and atom probe tomography were employed to characterize the mixing behavior. For precipitates ranging from 16 to 131 nm in radius, the critical strain increased linearly with the initial precipitate size, with the proportionality constant at ≈5.2 nm-1. These results are in agreement with model predictions based on random dislocation glide.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 215-218 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Scripta Materialia |
Volume | 68 |
Issue number | 3-4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support from National Science Foundation ( DMR 10-05813 ) to carry out this research. T. Lach was supported by the US Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences under Grant DOE LANL76604-001-10 (EFRC-CMIME). The APT was performed at the Northwestern University Center for Atom-Probe Tomography (NUCAPT), which is supported by the National Science Foundation’s MRSEC Program ( DMR-1121262 ). The research at TUD and KIT was financially supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ( HA1344/22-2 ). The authors are also grateful to the Institute of Applied Materials at KIT for access to the Schenck compression–torsion machine and to Stefan Knaak for assistance in conducting the HPT experiments.
Funders | Funder number |
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National Science Foundation’s MRSEC | DMR-1121262 |
National Science Foundation | DMR 10-05813 |
U.S. Department of Energy | |
Basic Energy Sciences | DOE LANL76604-001-10 |
Northwestern University | |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft | HA1344/22-2 |
Keywords
- Atom probe tomography
- Copper alloys
- High-pressure torsion
- Scanning transmission electron microscopy
- Shear mixing