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Title: Grain Size Effect on the Microhardness of BCC Metal Vapor Deposits

Conference ·
OSTI ID:15014810

The physical vapor deposition methods of evaporation and sputtering are used to prepare foils of the body-centered-cubic metals, vanadium and tantalum. A two-fold increase in the micro-hardness is measured as the grain size decreases to the sub-micron scale. The micro-hardness of vanadium increases to 2.7 GPa and for tantalum to 2.9 GPa.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
15014810
Report Number(s):
UCRL-PROC-206489; TRN: US0802569
Resource Relation:
Conference: Presented at: Materials Science and Technology 2004, New Orleans, LA, United States, Sep 26 - Sep 29, 2004
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English