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Bulk texture evolution of nanolamellar Zr–Nb composites processed via accumulative roll bonding

Journal Article · · Acta Materialia
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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  3. Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (United States)
  4. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang (China)
  5. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL (United States)
  6. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)
We report that it was recently demonstrated that bulk two-phase 50/50 Zr–Nb nanolayered composites with 90 nm individual layers can be fabricated from an initial coarse-layered composite with 1 mm layers via the severe plastic deformation process of accumulative roll bonding. During the deformation, the Zr phase retained its hcp crystal structure and the Zr–Nb interface remained sharp. Here we use a combination of neutron diffraction and dislocation-based polycrystal plasticity constitutive modeling to assess the evolution of texture and deformation mechanisms over a four order-of-magnitude range in layer thickness. The phase textures in the nanocomposite strongly deviate from that of Zr or Nb rolled in monolithic form, becoming highly peaked and intense. The model suggests that texture development in the Nb phase is associated with multiple slip and contributions from both {1 1 2} <1 1 0> slip and {1 1 0} <1 1 0> slip. Lastly, in the Zr phase the model suggests that the texture develops due to a predominance of prismatic and basal slip.
Research Organization:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Materials at Irradiation and Mechanical Extremes (CMIME); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
1471326
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 22452975
OSTI ID: 1251478
Report Number(s):
LA-UR--14-29045
Journal Information:
Acta Materialia, Journal Name: Acta Materialia Journal Issue: C Vol. 92; ISSN 1359-6454
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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