Moisture-Induced Environmental Embrittlement of Ordered Intermetallic Alloys at Ambient Temperatures
Conference
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· Ordered Intermetallics — Physical Metallurgy and Mechanical Behaviour
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Recent studies have demonstrated that moisture-induced environmental embrittlement is a major cause of low ductility and brittle fracture in ordered intermetallics with high crystal symmetries (e.g. L12 and B2). The embrittlement involves the reaction of reactive elements in intermetallics with moisture in air and the generation of atomic hydrogen at crack tips. The loss in ductility at ambient temperatures is generally accompanied by a change in fracture mode from ductile appearance to brittle grain-boundary fracture in many L12 intermetallics, and to brittle cleavage in body-centered cubic (bcc)-ordered intermetallics. In a number of cases, the embrittlement was alleviated by alloy design through control of microstructure and alloy composition.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 5279596
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9106275--1; ON: DE91018852; ISBN: 978-94-010-5119-4
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: Ordered Intermetallics — Physical Metallurgy and Mechanical Behaviour
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
360103* -- Metals & Alloys-- Mechanical Properties
AIR
ALLOYS
ALUMINIUM ALLOYS
BCC LATTICES
COBALT ALLOYS
COBALT BASE ALLOYS
CRYSTAL LATTICES
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
CUBIC LATTICES
DUCTILITY
EMBRITTLEMENT
FLUIDS
FRACTURE PROPERTIES
GASES
INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS
IRON ALLOYS
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
MOISTURE
TENSILE PROPERTIES
TITANIUM ALLOYS
360103* -- Metals & Alloys-- Mechanical Properties
AIR
ALLOYS
ALUMINIUM ALLOYS
BCC LATTICES
COBALT ALLOYS
COBALT BASE ALLOYS
CRYSTAL LATTICES
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
CUBIC LATTICES
DUCTILITY
EMBRITTLEMENT
FLUIDS
FRACTURE PROPERTIES
GASES
INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS
IRON ALLOYS
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
MOISTURE
TENSILE PROPERTIES
TITANIUM ALLOYS