Mechanical properties of high strength aluminum alloys formed by pulsed laser deposition
Abstract
Very high-strength alloys of A1(O) have been formed using a pulsed laser deposition (PLD) system to deposit from alternating targets of A1 and A1{sub 2}O{sub 3}. Ion beam analysis and transmission electron microscopy show that the deposited material is uniform in composition with up to 33 at. % O and has a highly refined microstructure consisting of a fine, uniform dispersion of {approximately}1 nm diameter {gamma}-A1{sub 2}O{sub 3} precipitates. Ultra-low-load indentation testing combined with finite-element modeling is used to determine the mechanical properties of the layers. Yield stresses as high as 5.1 GPa have been measured in these materials, greatly exceeding the strengths of aerospace Al alloys (-0.5 GPa) and even high strength steels. The key to the properties of these materials is the dispersion of small, hard precipitates spaced only a few Burgers vectors apart; dislocations are apparently unable to cut through and must bow around them.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 164916
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-95-1406C; CONF-951153-17
ON: DE96003646
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 9. international forum on electrolysis in the chemical industry: applied electrochemical technologies, Clearwater Beach, FL (United States), 5-9 Nov 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ALUMINIUM; ALUMINIUM OXIDES; OXYGEN; ENERGY BEAM DEPOSITION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TESTING; TRIBOLOGY
Citation Formats
Knapp, J A, and Follstaedt, D M. Mechanical properties of high strength aluminum alloys formed by pulsed laser deposition. United States: N. p., 1995.
Web.
Knapp, J A, & Follstaedt, D M. Mechanical properties of high strength aluminum alloys formed by pulsed laser deposition. United States.
Knapp, J A, and Follstaedt, D M. 1995.
"Mechanical properties of high strength aluminum alloys formed by pulsed laser deposition". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/164916.
@article{osti_164916,
title = {Mechanical properties of high strength aluminum alloys formed by pulsed laser deposition},
author = {Knapp, J A and Follstaedt, D M},
abstractNote = {Very high-strength alloys of A1(O) have been formed using a pulsed laser deposition (PLD) system to deposit from alternating targets of A1 and A1{sub 2}O{sub 3}. Ion beam analysis and transmission electron microscopy show that the deposited material is uniform in composition with up to 33 at. % O and has a highly refined microstructure consisting of a fine, uniform dispersion of {approximately}1 nm diameter {gamma}-A1{sub 2}O{sub 3} precipitates. Ultra-low-load indentation testing combined with finite-element modeling is used to determine the mechanical properties of the layers. Yield stresses as high as 5.1 GPa have been measured in these materials, greatly exceeding the strengths of aerospace Al alloys (-0.5 GPa) and even high strength steels. The key to the properties of these materials is the dispersion of small, hard precipitates spaced only a few Burgers vectors apart; dislocations are apparently unable to cut through and must bow around them.},
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year = {Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1995},
month = {Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1995}
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