In situ measurements of a homogeneous to heterogeneous transition in the plastic response of ion-irradiated <111> Ni microspecimens
Abstract
We report on the use of quantitative in situ microcompression experiments in a scanning electron microscope to systematically investigate the effect of self-ion irradiation damage on the full plastic response of <111> Ni. In addition to the well-known irradiationinduced increases in the yield and flow strengths with increasing dose, we measure substantial changes in plastic flow intermittency behavior, manifested as stress drops accompanying energy releases as the driven material transits critical states. At low irradiation doses, the magnitude of stress drops reduces relative to the unirradiated material and plastic slip proceeds on multiple slip systems, leading to quasi-homogeneous plastic flow. In contrast, highly irradiated specimens exhibit pronounced shear localization on parallel slip planes, which we ascribe to the onset of defect free channels normally seen in bulk irradiated materials. Our in situ testing system and approach allows for a quantitative study of the energy release and dynamics associated with defect free channel formation and subsequent localization. As a result, this study provides fundamental insight to the nature of interactions between mobile dislocations and irradiation-mediated and damage-dependent defect structures.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI (Switzerland)
- Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States); Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1184583
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1430757
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2014-19390J
Journal ID: ISSN 1359-6454; 540949
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Acta Materialia
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 88; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 1359-6454
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; radiation effects; stress/strain relationship; nuclear materials
Citation Formats
Zhao, Xinyu, Strickland, Daniel J., Derlet, Peter M., He, Mo-rigen, Cheng, You -Jung, Pu, Jue, Hattar, Khalid, and Gianola, Daniel S. In situ measurements of a homogeneous to heterogeneous transition in the plastic response of ion-irradiated <111> Ni microspecimens. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2015.01.007.
Zhao, Xinyu, Strickland, Daniel J., Derlet, Peter M., He, Mo-rigen, Cheng, You -Jung, Pu, Jue, Hattar, Khalid, & Gianola, Daniel S. In situ measurements of a homogeneous to heterogeneous transition in the plastic response of ion-irradiated <111> Ni microspecimens. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2015.01.007
Zhao, Xinyu, Strickland, Daniel J., Derlet, Peter M., He, Mo-rigen, Cheng, You -Jung, Pu, Jue, Hattar, Khalid, and Gianola, Daniel S. Wed .
"In situ measurements of a homogeneous to heterogeneous transition in the plastic response of ion-irradiated <111> Ni microspecimens". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2015.01.007. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1184583.
@article{osti_1184583,
title = {In situ measurements of a homogeneous to heterogeneous transition in the plastic response of ion-irradiated <111> Ni microspecimens},
author = {Zhao, Xinyu and Strickland, Daniel J. and Derlet, Peter M. and He, Mo-rigen and Cheng, You -Jung and Pu, Jue and Hattar, Khalid and Gianola, Daniel S.},
abstractNote = {We report on the use of quantitative in situ microcompression experiments in a scanning electron microscope to systematically investigate the effect of self-ion irradiation damage on the full plastic response of <111> Ni. In addition to the well-known irradiationinduced increases in the yield and flow strengths with increasing dose, we measure substantial changes in plastic flow intermittency behavior, manifested as stress drops accompanying energy releases as the driven material transits critical states. At low irradiation doses, the magnitude of stress drops reduces relative to the unirradiated material and plastic slip proceeds on multiple slip systems, leading to quasi-homogeneous plastic flow. In contrast, highly irradiated specimens exhibit pronounced shear localization on parallel slip planes, which we ascribe to the onset of defect free channels normally seen in bulk irradiated materials. Our in situ testing system and approach allows for a quantitative study of the energy release and dynamics associated with defect free channel formation and subsequent localization. As a result, this study provides fundamental insight to the nature of interactions between mobile dislocations and irradiation-mediated and damage-dependent defect structures.},
doi = {10.1016/j.actamat.2015.01.007},
journal = {Acta Materialia},
number = C,
volume = 88,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}
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