Dependence of shear-induced mixing on length scale

Salman N. Arshad, Timothy G. Lach, Mohsen Pouryazdan, Horst Hahn, Pascal Bellon, Shen J. Dillon, Robert S. Averback

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)215-218
Number of pages4
JournalScripta Materialia
Volume68
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2013
Externally publishedYes

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.

FundersFunder number
National Science Foundation’s MRSECDMR-1121262
National Science FoundationDMR 10-05813
U.S. Department of Energy
Basic Energy SciencesDOE LANL76604-001-10
Northwestern University
Deutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftHA1344/22-2

    Keywords

    • Atom probe tomography
    • Copper alloys
    • High-pressure torsion
    • Scanning transmission electron microscopy
    • Shear mixing

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