Critical cooling rates for amorphous-to-ordered complexion transitions in Cu-rich nanocrystalline alloys

Grigorian, Charlette M.; Rupert, Timothy J.

doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2021.116650

Critical cooling rates for amorphous-to-ordered complexion transitions in Cu-rich nanocrystalline alloys

Journal Article · Fri Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2021 · Acta Materialia

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2021.116650· OSTI ID:1763054

Grigorian, Charlette M. ^[1]; Rupert, Timothy J. ^[2]

Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States); University of California, Irvine
Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)

Amorphous complexions in nanocrystalline metals have the potential to improve mechanical properties and radiation tolerance, as well as resistance to grain growth. In this study, the stability of amorphous complexions in binary and ternary Cu-based alloys is investigated by observing the effect of cooling rate from high temperature on the occurrence of amorphous-to-ordered complexion transitions. Bulk Cu-Zr and Cu-Zr-Hf alloy samples were annealed to induce boundary premelting and then quenched through a procedure that induces a gradient of local cooling rate through the sample height. Amorphous complexion thickness distributions were found to be invariant to local cooling rate in the Cu-Zr-Hf alloy, demonstrating enhanced stability of the amorphous complexion structure compared to the Cu-Zr alloy, which had thinner amorphous complexions in the regions that were slowly cooled. The experimental results are used to construct time-temperature-transformation diagrams for the amorphous-to-ordered complexion transition in both the binary and ternary alloys, enabling a deeper understanding of the influence of cooling rate and grain boundary chemistry on complexion transitions. In conclusion, the critical cooling rate necessary to avoid complexion transitions in the ternary alloy is found to be at least three orders of magnitude slower than that for the binary alloy.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0021224

OSTI ID:: 1763054

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1778920
OSTI ID: 1780369

Journal Information:: Acta Materialia, Journal Name: Acta Materialia Vol. 206; ISSN 1359-6454

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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