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Room-temperature ductile carbides

Journal Article · · Metallurgical and Materials Transactions. A, Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science
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  1. Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States). Dept. of Materials Engineering

Large-grained, oriented, polycrystalline samples of it{sub 3}SiC{sub 2} loaded in comparison at room temperature deform plastically. When the basal planes are oriented in such a way that allows for slip, deformation occurs by the formation of shear bands. The minimum critical resolved shear stress at room temperature is {approx}36 MPa. When the slip planes are parallel to the applied load--a situation where ordinary glide is impossible--deformation occurs by a combination of delamination of, and kink band formation in, individual grains, as well as by shear band formation. It is this unique multiplicity of deformation modes that allows the material to deform plastically in any arbitrary orientation.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
316043
Journal Information:
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions. A, Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, Journal Name: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions. A, Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 30; ISSN MMTAEB; ISSN 1073-5623
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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