High pressure phase-transformation induced texture evolution and strengthening in zirconium metal: Experiment and modeling
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Beihang Univ., Beijing (China)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- The Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States)
- Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- Ningbo Institute of Materials, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang (China)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing (China)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
We studied the phase-transition induced texture changes and strengthening mechanism for zirconium metal under quasi-hydrostatic compression and uni-axial deformation under confined high pressure using the deformation-DIA (D-DIA) apparatus. It is shown that the experimentally obtained texture for ω-phase Zr can be qualitatively described by combining a subset of orientation variants previously proposed in two different models. The determined flow stress for the high-pressure ω-phase is 0.5–1.2GPa, more than three times higher than that of the α-phase. Using first-principles calculations, we investigated the mechanical and electronic properties of the two Zr polymorphs. We find that the observed strengthening can be attributed to the relatively strong directional bonding in the ω phase, which significantly increases its shear plastic resistance over the α-phase Zr. As a result, the present findings provide an alternate route for Zr metal strengthening by high-pressure phase transformation.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396; NA0001982
- OSTI ID:
- 1212696
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1332922
- Journal Information:
- Scientific Reports, Vol. 5; ISSN 2045-2322
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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