Atom-probe study of Cu and NiAl nanoscale precipitation and interfacial segregation in a nanoparticle-strengthened steel
Abstract
The Cu and NiAl nanoscale precipitation and interfacial segregation in the martensite and austenite phases within a high-strength steel were studied by atom-probe tomography (APT). In the martensite phase, APT reveals the precipitation of isolated NiAl nanoparticles and NiAl/Cu co-precipitates, indicating that NiAl nanoparticles form first in the precipitation sequence. In comparison, the austenite phase contains only Cu nanoparticles with Ni segregation at the particle/matrix interface, in which the Ni segregation reduces the Cu nanoparticle interfacial energy. In addition, Mn and C exhibit an enrichment at the martensite/austenite interface, and the mechanism for the interfacial segregation was also discussed.
- Authors:
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- City Univ. of Hong Kong (China). Center for Advanced Structural Materials. Dept. of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering. College of Science and Engineering; The Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ. (China). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
- City Univ. of Hong Kong (China). Center for Advanced Structural Materials. Dept. of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering. College of Science and Engineering
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); City Univ. of Hong Kong (China)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); City Univ. of Hong Kong (China); General Research Fund, Hong Kong (China); Collaborative Research Fund, Hong Kong (China); Research Grant Council, Hong Kong (China)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1474732
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; 7004686; CityU11205515; C1027-14E
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Materials Research Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 2166-3831
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Cu and NiAl precipitate; nanoscale precipitation; interfacial segregation; high-strength steel; atom-probe tomography
Citation Formats
Jiao, Z. B., Luan, J. H., Guo, W., Poplawsky, J. D., and Liu, C. T. Atom-probe study of Cu and NiAl nanoscale precipitation and interfacial segregation in a nanoparticle-strengthened steel. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1080/21663831.2017.1364675.
Jiao, Z. B., Luan, J. H., Guo, W., Poplawsky, J. D., & Liu, C. T. Atom-probe study of Cu and NiAl nanoscale precipitation and interfacial segregation in a nanoparticle-strengthened steel. United States. https://doi.org/10.1080/21663831.2017.1364675
Jiao, Z. B., Luan, J. H., Guo, W., Poplawsky, J. D., and Liu, C. T. Mon .
"Atom-probe study of Cu and NiAl nanoscale precipitation and interfacial segregation in a nanoparticle-strengthened steel". United States. https://doi.org/10.1080/21663831.2017.1364675. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1474732.
@article{osti_1474732,
title = {Atom-probe study of Cu and NiAl nanoscale precipitation and interfacial segregation in a nanoparticle-strengthened steel},
author = {Jiao, Z. B. and Luan, J. H. and Guo, W. and Poplawsky, J. D. and Liu, C. T.},
abstractNote = {The Cu and NiAl nanoscale precipitation and interfacial segregation in the martensite and austenite phases within a high-strength steel were studied by atom-probe tomography (APT). In the martensite phase, APT reveals the precipitation of isolated NiAl nanoparticles and NiAl/Cu co-precipitates, indicating that NiAl nanoparticles form first in the precipitation sequence. In comparison, the austenite phase contains only Cu nanoparticles with Ni segregation at the particle/matrix interface, in which the Ni segregation reduces the Cu nanoparticle interfacial energy. In addition, Mn and C exhibit an enrichment at the martensite/austenite interface, and the mechanism for the interfacial segregation was also discussed.},
doi = {10.1080/21663831.2017.1364675},
journal = {Materials Research Letters},
number = 8,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 14 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Mon Aug 14 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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