The structure and properties of grain boundaries in B2 ordered alloys

Technical Report · Mon Apr 16 00:00:00 EDT 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5722753· OSTI ID:5722753

Baker, I

This report covers the period from April 1, 1989 to March 30, 1990. During this period further extrusions of fine-grained alloys of FeAl and NiAl with different aluminum contents were produced. Thus far, researchers have (1) completed room temperature mechanical testing which shows that the yield strength, {sigma}{sub y}, of FeAl shows a minimum near Fe-45Al while that for NiAl increases with increasing (nickel-rich) deviation from stoichiometry; (2) showed that the grain boundary strengthening parameter, k, in the Hall-Petch relationship, {sigma}{sub y} = {sigma}{sub 0} + k d{sup {minus}{1/2}} (where {sigma}{sub 0} is the lattice resistance and d the grain size), in FeAl shows a minimum at Fe-45Al whilst in NiAl it decreases with increasing deviation from stoichiometry; (3) studied grain boundary chemistry in near-stoichiometric NiAl and FeAl using scanning Auger electron spectroscopy at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, with the aid of Mr. R.A. Padgett, Jr.; studied grain boundary chemistry using EDS and Z-contrast imaging on field emission gun high resolution scanning transmission electron microscopes; (5) continued in-situ straining experiments in the transmission electron microscope to examine dislocation/grain boundary interactions; (6) examined dislocation structures in lightly-deformed NiAl and FeAl and, based on observations in the latter, proposed a mechanism for transgranular fracture; (7) completed work which examines the effect of cooling rate following annealing on the strength and hardness of FeAl.

• Research Organization: Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, NH (United States). Thayer School of Engineering
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-87ER45311
• OSTI ID: 5722753
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/45311-3; ON: DE92007467
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
ALUMINIUM ALLOYS
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INDIUM ALLOYS
FRACTURE PROPERTIES
IRON BASE ALLOYS
PALLADIUM ALLOYS
ANNEALING
AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY
DEFORMATION
GRAIN BOUNDARIES
HARDNESS
HEAT TREATMENTS
MICROSTRUCTURE
PROGRESS REPORT
STOICHIOMETRY
YIELD STRENGTH
ALLOYS
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
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ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY
IRON ALLOYS
PLATINUM METAL ALLOYS
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360103* - Metals & Alloys- Mechanical Properties
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