Investigation of deformation mechanisms in an advanced FeCrAl alloy using in-situ SEM-EBSD testing

Nitish Bibhanshu; Maxim N. Gussev; Caleb P. Massey; Kevin G. Field

doi:10.1016/j.msea.2021.142373

Investigation of deformation mechanisms in an advanced FeCrAl alloy using in-situ SEM-EBSD testing

Nitish Bibhanshu, Maxim N. Gussev, Caleb P. Massey, Kevin G. Field

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Abstract

The deformation mechanisms associated with uniaxial tensile testing are studied by conducting tensile experiments of an FeCrAl alloy using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) coupled with electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD). Prior to the deformation, investigated alloy was consisting grain and precipitate size of ∼63.0 μm and ∼6.7 μm, respectively. The recorded SEM micrographs and EBSD data at increasing levels of strains revealed the complex phenomena of slip bands’ formation in the presence of surface grain morphology evolution and their (001), (110) and (111) crystallographic planes distortions. The grains with orientation (110)||tensile direction (TD) shows higher shape change; however, (001)||TD and (111)||TD oriented grains show higher lattice gradient formation. Extracted information from the EBSD indicates that the crystallographic rotations drive towards specific, fiber-like texture in relation to the loading direction. Postmortem analysis of the recorded microstructure during the tensile deformation explains the phenomena of crack formation in the hard-intermetallic particles before the ultimate tensile strength (UTS). However, after the UTS, pores were identified in the neck that resulted from extensive plastic deformation. In-depth analysis was carried out to identify the cause of cracks and pores formation phenomena during the tensile test.

Original language	English
Article number	142373
Journal	Materials Science and Engineering: A
Volume	832
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2021.142373
State	Published - Jan 14 2022

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This manuscript has been authored in part by UT-Battelle LLC under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan ( http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan ). This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan). The research was supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy. The authors would like to thank Dr. X. Chen [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)] and Dr. E. Cakmak (ORNL) for reviewing the manuscript and providing valuable comments and suggestions. We also thank Laurie Varma (ORNL) for help with document preparation. The research was supported by the US Department of Energy , Office of Nuclear Energy . The authors would like to thank Dr. X. Chen [ Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) ] and Dr. E. Cakmak (ORNL) for reviewing the manuscript and providing valuable comments and suggestions. We also thank Laurie Varma (ORNL) for help with document preparation. This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC , under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan ( http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan ).

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EBSD
FeCrAl alloy
In-situ tensile test
SEM
Stress-strain curve

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