In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy for Ultrahigh Temperature Mechanical Testing of ZrO2

Grosso, Robson L.; Muccillo, Eliana N.  S.; Muche, Dereck N.  F.; Jawaharram, Gowtham S.; Barr, Christopher M.; Monterrosa, Anthony M.; Castro, Ricardo H.  R.; Hattar, Khalid; Dillon, Shen J.

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04205

Title: In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy for Ultrahigh Temperature Mechanical Testing of ZrO₂

Journal Article · Mon Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Nano Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04205· OSTI ID:1634229

^[1]; Muccillo, Eliana N. S. ^[2]; Muche, Dereck N. F. ^[3]; Jawaharram, Gowtham S. ^[4]; Barr, Christopher M. ^[5]; Monterrosa, Anthony M. ^[5];

^[3]; Hattar, Khalid ^[5];

^[4]

Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering; Energy and Nuclear Research Inst. (IPEN), Sao Paulo (Brazil); Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Energy and Nuclear Research Inst. (IPEN), Sao Paulo (Brazil)
Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

This work demonstrates a novel approach to ultrahigh-temperature mechanical testing using a combination of in situ nanomechanical testing and localized laser heating. Here, the methodology is applied to characterizing and testing initially nanograined 10 mol % Sc₂O₃-stabilized ZrO₂ up to its melting temperature. The results suggest that the low-temperature strength of nanograined, d < 50 nm, oxides is not influenced by creep. Tensile fracture of ZrO₂ bicrystals produce a weak-temperature dependence suggesting that grain boundary energy dominates brittle fracture of grain boundaries even at high homologous temperatures; for example, T = 2050 °C or T ≈ 77% T_melt. The maximum temperature for mechanical testing in this work is primarily limited by the instability of the sample, due to evaporation or melting, enabling a host of new opportunities for testing materials in the ultrahigh-temperature regime.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF); US Army Research Office (ARO); Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq); Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000; NA-0003525; FWP-15013170; DMR-1922867; W911NF1810361; W911NF1710026; 236631/2012-8; 305889/2018-4; 2016/06205-1; 2017/25501-3

OSTI ID:: 1634229

Report Number(s):: SAND-2020-5989J; 686654

Journal Information:: Nano Letters, Vol. 20, Issue 2; ISSN 1530-6984

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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