Grain boundary character distribution in nanocrystalline metals produced by different processing routes
Abstract
Nanocrystalline materials are defined by their fine grain size, but details of the grain boundary character distribution should also be important. Grain boundary character distributions are reported for ball-milled, sputter-deposited, and electrodeposited Ni and Ni-based alloys, all with average grain sizes of ~20 nm, to study the influence of processing route. The two deposited materials had nearly identical grain boundary character distributions, both marked by a Σ3 length percentage of 23 to 25 pct. In contrast, the ball-milled material had only 3 pct Σ3-type grain boundaries and a large fraction of low-angle boundaries (16 pct), with the remainder being predominantly random high angle (73 pct). Furthermore, these grain boundary character measurements are connected to the physical events that control their respective processing routes. Consequences for material properties are also discussed with a focus on nanocrystalline corrosion. As a whole, the results presented here show that grain boundary character distribution, which has often been overlooked in nanocrystalline metals, can vary significantly and influence material properties in profound ways.
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- Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1251054
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-670449
Journal ID: ISSN 1073-5623
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Metallurgical and Materials Transactions. A, Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 47; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 1073-5623
- Publisher:
- ASM International
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; nanocrystalline metals; grain boundaries; electrodeposition; sputter deposition; severe plastic deformation
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Bober, David B., Kumar, Mukal, Rupert, Timothy J., and Khalajhedayati, Amirhossein. Grain boundary character distribution in nanocrystalline metals produced by different processing routes. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1007/s11661-015-3274-9.
Bober, David B., Kumar, Mukal, Rupert, Timothy J., & Khalajhedayati, Amirhossein. Grain boundary character distribution in nanocrystalline metals produced by different processing routes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-015-3274-9
Bober, David B., Kumar, Mukal, Rupert, Timothy J., and Khalajhedayati, Amirhossein. Mon .
"Grain boundary character distribution in nanocrystalline metals produced by different processing routes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-015-3274-9. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1251054.
@article{osti_1251054,
title = {Grain boundary character distribution in nanocrystalline metals produced by different processing routes},
author = {Bober, David B. and Kumar, Mukal and Rupert, Timothy J. and Khalajhedayati, Amirhossein},
abstractNote = {Nanocrystalline materials are defined by their fine grain size, but details of the grain boundary character distribution should also be important. Grain boundary character distributions are reported for ball-milled, sputter-deposited, and electrodeposited Ni and Ni-based alloys, all with average grain sizes of ~20 nm, to study the influence of processing route. The two deposited materials had nearly identical grain boundary character distributions, both marked by a Σ3 length percentage of 23 to 25 pct. In contrast, the ball-milled material had only 3 pct Σ3-type grain boundaries and a large fraction of low-angle boundaries (16 pct), with the remainder being predominantly random high angle (73 pct). Furthermore, these grain boundary character measurements are connected to the physical events that control their respective processing routes. Consequences for material properties are also discussed with a focus on nanocrystalline corrosion. As a whole, the results presented here show that grain boundary character distribution, which has often been overlooked in nanocrystalline metals, can vary significantly and influence material properties in profound ways.},
doi = {10.1007/s11661-015-3274-9},
journal = {Metallurgical and Materials Transactions. A, Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science},
number = 3,
volume = 47,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Mon Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}
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