In situ measurements of a homogeneous to heterogeneous transition in the plastic response of ion-irradiated &lt;111&gt; Ni microspecimens

Zhao, Xinyu; Strickland, Daniel J.; Derlet, Peter M.; He, Mo-rigen; Cheng, You -Jung; Pu, Jue; Hattar, Khalid; Gianola, Daniel S.

doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2015.01.007

In situ measurements of a homogeneous to heterogeneous transition in the plastic response of ion-irradiated <111> Ni microspecimens

Journal Article · Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Acta Materialia

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2015.01.007· OSTI ID:1184583

Zhao, Xinyu ^[1]; Strickland, Daniel J. ^[1]; Derlet, Peter M. ^[2]; He, Mo-rigen ^[1]; Cheng, You -Jung ^[1]; Pu, Jue ^[3]; Hattar, Khalid ^[4]; Gianola, Daniel S. ^[1]

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)

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.

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

Research Organization:: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

OSTI ID:: 1184583

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 22452895
OSTI ID: 1430757

Report Number(s):: SAND--2014-19390J; 540949

Journal Information:: Acta Materialia, Journal Name: Acta Materialia Journal Issue: C Vol. 88; ISSN 1359-6454

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

References (54)

Substitutional solution hardening Fleischer, R. L. Acta Metallurgica, Vol. 11, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1016/0001-6160(63)90213-X	journal	March 1963
Defect accumulation in pure fcc metals in the transient regime: a review Singh, B. N.; Zinkle, S. J. Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 206, Issue 2-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-3115(93)90125-I	journal	November 1993
Microstructure of copper and nickel irradiated with fission neutrons near 230°C Zinkle, S. J.; Snead, L. L. Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 225 https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-3115(94)00670-9	journal	August 1995
Theory and experimental background on dimensional changes in irradiated alloys Mansur, L. K. Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 216 https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-3115(94)90009-4	journal	October 1994
Defect microstructure in copper alloys irradiated with 750 MeV protons Zinkle, S. J.; Horsewell, A.; Singh, B. N. Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 212-215 https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-3115(94)90043-4	journal	September 1994
Emulation of neutron irradiation effects with protons: validation of principle Was, G. S.; Busby, J. T.; Allen, T. Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 300, Issue 2-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3115(01)00751-6	journal	February 2002
Radiation hardening revisited: role of intracascade clustering Singh, B. N.; Foreman, A. J. E.; Trinkaus, H. Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 249, Issue 2-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3115(97)00231-6	journal	October 1997
Segregation of cascade induced interstitial loops at dislocations: possible effect on initiation of plastic deformation Trinkaus, H.; Singh, B. N.; Foreman, A. J. E. Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 251 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3115(97)00246-8	journal	November 1997
The primary damage state in fcc, bcc and hcp metals as seen in molecular dynamics simulations Bacon, D. J.; Gao, F.; Osetsky, Yu. N. Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 276, Issue 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3115(99)00165-8	journal	January 2000
The microstructure and associated tensile properties of irradiated fcc and bcc metals Victoria, M.; Baluc, N.; Bailat, C. Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 276, Issue 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3115(99)00203-2	journal	January 2000
Defect structures in deformed f.c.c. metals Dai, Y.; Victoria, M. Acta Materialia, Vol. 45, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1016/S1359-6454(97)00019-0	journal	August 1997
Size-affected single-slip behavior of pure nickel microcrystals Dimiduk, D. M.; Uchic, M. D.; Parthasarathy, T. A. Acta Materialia, Vol. 53, Issue 15 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2005.05.023	journal	September 2005
Molecular dynamics study on the formation of stacking fault tetrahedra and unfaulting of Frank loops in fcc metals Kadoyoshi, Tomoko; Kaburaki, Hideo; Shimizu, Futoshi Acta Materialia, Vol. 55, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2007.01.010	journal	May 2007
Dislocation structures and their relationship to strength in deformed nickel microcrystals Norfleet, D. M.; Dimiduk, D. M.; Polasik, S. J. Acta Materialia, Vol. 56, Issue 13 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2008.02.046	journal	August 2008
In-situ characterization of the dislocation-structure evolution in Ni micro-pillars Maaß, R.; Uchic, M. D. Acta Materialia, Vol. 60, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2011.11.007	journal	February 2012
A dislocation dynamics study of the transition from homogeneous to heterogeneous deformation in irradiated body-centered cubic iron Arsenlis, A.; Rhee, M.; Hommes, G. Acta Materialia, Vol. 60, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2012.03.041	journal	May 2012
Materials challenges in nuclear energy Zinkle, S. J.; Was, G. S. Acta Materialia, Vol. 61, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2012.11.004	journal	February 2013
Effect of ion irradiation on tensile ductility, strength and fictive temperature in metallic glass nanowires Magagnosc, D. J.; Kumar, G.; Schroers, J. Acta Materialia, Vol. 74 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2014.04.002	journal	August 2014
Advanced materials for fusion technology Zinkle, Steven J. Fusion Engineering and Design, Vol. 74, Issue 1-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2005.08.008	journal	November 2005
Observation and analysis of defect cluster production and interactions with dislocations Zinkle, S. J.; Matsukawa, Y. Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 329-333 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2004.04.298	journal	August 2004
Microstructure of neutron-irradiated iron before and after tensile deformation Zinkle, S. J.; Singh, B. N. Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 351, Issue 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2006.02.031	journal	June 2006
Microstructural analysis of deformation in neutron-irradiated fcc materials Hashimoto, N.; Byun, T. S.; Farrell, K. Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 351, Issue 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2006.02.032	journal	June 2006
Effect of ion irradiation-produced defects on the mobility of dislocations in 304 stainless steel Briceño, M.; Fenske, J.; Dadfarnia, M. Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 409, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2010.12.026	journal	February 2011
Dynamics of dislocation interactions with stacking-fault tetrahedra at high temperature Briceño, M.; Kacher, J.; Robertson, I. M. Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 433, Issue 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2012.10.004	journal	February 2013
In situ probing of the evolution of irradiation-induced defects in copper Li, N.; Hattar, K.; Misra, A. Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 439, Issue 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2013.04.013	journal	August 2013
In situ and tomographic observations of defect free channel formation in ion irradiated stainless steels Kacher, J.; Liu, G. S.; Robertson, I. M. Micron, Vol. 43, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micron.2012.01.017	journal	November 2012
A methodology to investigate size scale effects in crystalline plasticity using uniaxial compression testing Uchic, Michael D.; Dimiduk, Dennis M. Materials Science and Engineering: A, Vol. 400-401 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2005.03.082	journal	July 2005
Size effect on strength and strain hardening of small-scale [111] nickel compression pillars Frick, C. P.; Clark, B. G.; Orso, S. Materials Science and Engineering: A, Vol. 489, Issue 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2007.12.038	journal	August 2008
SRIM – The stopping and range of ions in matter (2010) Ziegler, James F.; Ziegler, M. D.; Biersack, J. P. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Vol. 268, Issue 11-12 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2010.02.091	journal	June 2010
The design of accurate micro-compression experiments Zhang, H.; Schuster, B. E.; Wei, Q. Scripta Materialia, Vol. 54, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2005.06.043	journal	January 2006
Tailoring and Understanding the Mechanical Properties of Nanoparticle-Shelled Bubbles Brugarolas, Teresa; Gianola, Daniel S.; Zhang, Lei ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 6, Issue 14 https://doi.org/10.1021/am502290h	journal	June 2014
Removal of stacking-fault tetrahedra by twin boundaries in nanotwinned metals Yu, K. Y.; Bufford, D.; Sun, C. Nature Communications, Vol. 4, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2382	journal	January 2013
In situ observation of dislocation nucleation and escape in a submicrometre aluminium single crystal Oh, Sang Ho; Legros, Marc; Kiener, Daniel Nature Materials, Vol. 8, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2370	journal	January 2009
In situ nanocompression testing of irradiated copper Kiener, D.; Hosemann, P.; Maloy, S. A. Nature Materials, Vol. 10, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3055	journal	June 2011
Tunable Tensile Ductility in Metallic Glasses Magagnosc, D. J.; Ehrbar, R.; Kumar, G. Scientific Reports, Vol. 3, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/srep01096	journal	January 2013
Dislocation Channeling in Neutron‐Irradiated Niobium Tucker, R. P.; Wechsler, M. S.; Ohr, S. M. Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 40, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1657068	journal	January 1969
Rapid Solution Hardening, Dislocation Mobility, and the Flow Stress of Crystals Fleischer, Robert L. Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 33, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1702437	journal	December 1962
Scale invariance in plastic flow of crystalline solids Zaiser, Michael Advances in Physics, Vol. 55, Issue 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1080/00018730600583514	journal	January 2006
In-situ transmission electron microscopy observations and molecular dynamics simulations of dislocation-defect interactions in ion-irradiated copper Robach, J. S.; Robertson, I. M.; Wirth, B. D. Philosophical Magazine, Vol. 83, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1080/0141861031000065329	journal	January 2003
Atomic-scale study of dislocation–stacking fault tetrahedron interactions. Part I: mechanisms Osetsky, Y. N.; Rodney, D.; Bacon, D. J. Philosophical Magazine, Vol. 86, Issue 16 https://doi.org/10.1080/14786430500513783	journal	June 2006
Computer simulation of reactions between an edge dislocation and glissile self-interstitial clusters in iron Bacon, D. J.; Osetsky, Y. N.; Rong, Z. Philosophical Magazine, Vol. 86, Issue 25-26 https://doi.org/10.1080/14786430600570527	journal	September 2006
An experimental investigation of intermittent flow and strain burst scaling behavior in LiF crystals during microcompression testing Dimiduk, D. M.; Nadgorny, E. M.; Woodward, C. Philosophical Magazine, Vol. 90, Issue 27-28 https://doi.org/10.1080/14786431003662572	journal	September 2010
Direct observations of neutron irradiation damage in α-iron Eyre, B. L. Philosophical Magazine, Vol. 7, Issue 84 https://doi.org/10.1080/14786436208214480	journal	December 1962
Micro-plasticity and intermittent dislocation activity in a simplified micro-structural model Derlet, P. M.; Maaß, R. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 21, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1088/0965-0393/21/3/035007	journal	March 2013
Slip avalanches in crystal plasticity: scaling of the avalanche cut-off Zaiser, Michael; Nikitas, Nikos Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, Vol. 2007, Issue 04 https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-5468/2007/04/P04013	journal	April 2007
Micromechanical Model for Deformation in Solids with Universal Predictions for Stress-Strain Curves and Slip Avalanches Dahmen, Karin A.; Ben-Zion, Yehuda; Uhl, Jonathan T. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 102, Issue 17 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.175501	journal	April 2009
Statistics of Dislocation Slip Avalanches in Nanosized Single Crystals Show Tuned Critical Behavior Predicted by a Simple Mean Field Model Friedman, Nir; Jennings, Andrew T.; Tsekenis, Georgios Physical Review Letters, Vol. 109, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.095507	journal	August 2012
Avalanches in 2D Dislocation Systems: Plastic Yielding Is Not Depinning Ispánovity, Péter Dusán; Laurson, Lasse; Zaiser, Michael Physical Review Letters, Vol. 112, Issue 23 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.235501	journal	June 2014
Sample Dimensions Influence Strength and Crystal Plasticity Uchic, M. D. Science, Vol. 305, Issue 5686 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1098993	journal	August 2004
Scale-Free Intermittent Flow in Crystal Plasticity Dimiduk, D. M. Science, Vol. 312, Issue 5777 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1123889	journal	May 2006
Dislocation Avalanches, Strain Bursts, and the Problem of Plastic Forming at the Micrometer Scale Csikor, F. F.; Motz, C.; Weygand, D. Science, Vol. 318, Issue 5848 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1143719	journal	October 2007
Micro/meso-scale computational study of dislocation-stacking-fault tetrahedron interactions in copper Marian, Jaime; Martínez, Enrique; Lee, Hyon-Jee Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 24, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2009.0424	journal	December 2009
Application of small-scale testing for investigation of ion-beam-irradiated materials Kiener, Daniel; Minor, Andrew M.; Anderoglu, Osman Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 27, Issue 21 https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2012.303	journal	October 2012
Focused Ion Beam Microscopy and Micromachining Volkert, C. A.; Minor, A. M. MRS Bulletin, Vol. 32, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1557/mrs2007.62	journal	May 2007

Cited By (3)

Orthogonal Control of Stability and Tunable Dry Adhesion by Tailoring the Shape of Tapered Nanopillar Arrays Cho, Younghyun; Kim, Gyuseok; Cho, Yigil Advanced Materials, Vol. 27, Issue 47 https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201503347	journal	October 2015
Avalanches and plastic flow in crystal plasticity: an overview Papanikolaou, Stefanos; Cui, Yinan; Ghoniem, Nasr Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 26, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-651x/aa97ad	journal	December 2017
Avalanches and Plastic Flow in Crystal Plasticity: An Overview Papanikolaou, Stefanos; Cui, Yinan; Ghoniem, Nasr arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1705.06843	text	January 2017

Similar Records

THE PLASTIC DEFORMATION OF NEUTRON-IRRADIATED COPPER SINGLE CRYSTALS

Journal Article · Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1961 · Z. Metallk. · OSTI ID:4833751

Examining deformation localization of irradiated tungsten under uniaxial compression with crystal plasticity

Journal Article · Sun Jul 18 20:00:00 EDT 2021 · International Journal of Refractory and Hard Metals · OSTI ID:1813140

Crystal plasticity investigation of the microstructural factors influencing dislocation channeling in a model irradiated bcc material

Journal Article · Thu Mar 24 20:00:00 EDT 2016 · Acta Materialia · OSTI ID:1304715

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
nuclear materials
radiation effects
stress/strain relationship

In situ measurements of a homogeneous to heterogeneous transition in the plastic response of ion-irradiated <111> Ni microspecimens

Citation Formats

References (54)

Cited By (3)

Similar Records

Related Subjects