Grain boundary character distribution in nanocrystalline metals produced by different processing routes

Bober, David B.; Kumar, Mukal; Rupert, Timothy J.; Khalajhedayati, Amirhossein

doi:10.1007/s11661-015-3274-9

Title: Grain boundary character distribution in nanocrystalline metals produced by different processing routes

Journal Article · Mon Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Metallurgical and Materials Transactions. A, Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-015-3274-9· OSTI ID:1251054

Bober, David B. ^[1]; Kumar, Mukal ^[2]; Rupert, Timothy J. ^[3]; Khalajhedayati, Amirhossein ^[3]

Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)

Nanocrystalline materials are defined by their fine grain size, but details of the grain boundary character distribution should also be important. Grain boundary character distributions are reported for ball-milled, sputter-deposited, and electrodeposited Ni and Ni-based alloys, all with average grain sizes of ~20 nm, to study the influence of processing route. The two deposited materials had nearly identical grain boundary character distributions, both marked by a Σ3 length percentage of 23 to 25 pct. In contrast, the ball-milled material had only 3 pct Σ3-type grain boundaries and a large fraction of low-angle boundaries (16 pct), with the remainder being predominantly random high angle (73 pct). Furthermore, these grain boundary character measurements are connected to the physical events that control their respective processing routes. Consequences for material properties are also discussed with a focus on nanocrystalline corrosion. As a whole, the results presented here show that grain boundary character distribution, which has often been overlooked in nanocrystalline metals, can vary significantly and influence material properties in profound ways.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

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Journal Information:: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions. A, Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, Vol. 47, Issue 3; ISSN 1073-5623

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