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Title: Phase transformation in tantalum under extreme laser deformation

Abstract

In collaboration with LLNL and Caltech, experiments to test the strain rate and texture dependence of spall strength in tantalum were conducted at Janus in the Jupiter Laser Facility at LLNL from June-July 2014. Part of the laser shots were dedicated to reproducing data from the last set of spall experiments in 2012 and the rest of the laser shots were dedicated to produce new science on spall strength. Experiments were also conducted at the Omega Facility (LLE, U. of Rochester). The limits of spall strength were tested by increasing the strain rate and changing the texture of the samples. This research was successfully completed and a paper has just appeared in Acta materialia. Four papers on amorphization in Si, Ge, B4C, and SiC were published in leading journals. We have now demonstrated that amorphization is an important mechanism of inelastic deformation in covalently bonded solids under shock compression.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [1]
  1. Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States)
  2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  3. National Univ. of Cuyo, Mendoza (Argentina). Faculty of Exact and Natural Science; National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Mendoza (Argentina)
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division; National Institutes of Health (NIH); Agouron Inst., Pasadena, CA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
1252639
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1259511; OSTI ID: 1462259; OSTI ID: 1462264
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-689346
Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344; 09-LR-06-118456-MEYM; PE-FG52-09NA-29043; NA0002080
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Scientific Reports
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Lu, C. -H., Hahn, E. N., Remington, B. A., Maddox, B. R., Bringa, E. M., and Meyers, M. A. Phase transformation in tantalum under extreme laser deformation. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1038/srep15064.
Lu, C. -H., Hahn, E. N., Remington, B. A., Maddox, B. R., Bringa, E. M., & Meyers, M. A. Phase transformation in tantalum under extreme laser deformation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep15064
Lu, C. -H., Hahn, E. N., Remington, B. A., Maddox, B. R., Bringa, E. M., and Meyers, M. A. Mon . "Phase transformation in tantalum under extreme laser deformation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep15064. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1252639.
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abstractNote = {In collaboration with LLNL and Caltech, experiments to test the strain rate and texture dependence of spall strength in tantalum were conducted at Janus in the Jupiter Laser Facility at LLNL from June-July 2014. Part of the laser shots were dedicated to reproducing data from the last set of spall experiments in 2012 and the rest of the laser shots were dedicated to produce new science on spall strength. Experiments were also conducted at the Omega Facility (LLE, U. of Rochester). The limits of spall strength were tested by increasing the strain rate and changing the texture of the samples. This research was successfully completed and a paper has just appeared in Acta materialia. Four papers on amorphization in Si, Ge, B4C, and SiC were published in leading journals. We have now demonstrated that amorphization is an important mechanism of inelastic deformation in covalently bonded solids under shock compression.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
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