Role of twinning on the omega-phase transformation and stability in zirconium

Mariyappan, Arul Kumar; Hilairet, N.; McCabe, Rodney James; Yu, T.; Wang, Y.; Beyerlein, I. J.; Tomé, Carlos N.

doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2019.12.006

Role of twinning on the omega-phase transformation and stability in zirconium

Journal Article · Thu Dec 05 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Acta Materialia

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2019.12.006· OSTI ID:1579697

^[1]; Hilairet, N. ^[2]; ^[1]; Yu, T. ^[3]; Wang, Y. ^[3]; Beyerlein, I. J. ^[4]; Tomé, Carlos N. ^[1]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Université de Lille (France)
Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)

Typically, Group-IV transition metal zirconium is used in nuclear and chemical industries as a choice material for operating in extreme environments. At ambient-conditions, zirconium has a stable hexagonal-close-packed structure (α-phase), but under high-pressures it transforms into a simple-hexagonal structure (ω-phase). Experimental research involving high-pressures have reported retention of ω-phase upon recovery to ambient-pressures, which is undesirable since the ω-phase is brittle compared to the α-phase. Understanding the α-to-ω transformation is relevant for enhancing the applicability of transition metals. In this work using in-situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction, we show that deformation twins in the α-phase lower the transformation pressure and increase the amount of retained ω-phase. Our analysis concludes that the characteristics of the stress fields associated with the twins promote the α-to-ω transformation while making the reverse transformation energetically unfavorable. This work reflects a plausible way to design Zr microstructure for high-pressure applications via controlling twinning and retained ω-phase.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); 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:: 89233218CNA000001; AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1579697

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1579433
OSTI ID: 1593422

Report Number(s):: LA-UR--18-24949

Journal Information:: Acta Materialia, Journal Name: Acta Materialia Journal Issue: C Vol. 185; ISSN 1359-6454

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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