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Reduced partitioning of plastic strain for strong and yet ductile precipitate-strengthened alloys

Journal Article · · Scientific Reports
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  1. Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom). Gordon Lab. Dept. of Materials Science and Metallurgy
  2. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States). Dept. of Computational Materials and Data Science

When a material that contains precipitates is deformed, the precipitates and the matrix may strain plastically by different amounts causing stresses to build up at the precipitate-matrix interfaces. If premature failure is to be avoided, it is therefore essential to reduce the difference in the plastic strain between the two phases. Here, we conduct nanoscale digital image correlation to measure a new variable that quantifies this plastic strain difference and show how its value can be used to estimate the associated interfacial stresses, which are found to be approximately three times greater in an Fe-Ni2AlTi steel than in the more ductile Ni-based superalloy CMSX-4®. It is then demonstrated that decreasing these stresses significantly improves the ability of the Fe-Ni2AlTi microstructure to deform under tensile loads without loss in strength.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (United Kingdom)
Grant/Contract Number:
NA0003525
OSTI ID:
1469632
Report Number(s):
SAND2018--9738J; PII: 26917
Journal Information:
Scientific Reports, Journal Name: Scientific Reports Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 8; ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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