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Title: In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy for Ultrahigh Temperature Mechanical Testing of ZrO2

Journal Article · · Nano Letters
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  1. Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering; Energy and Nuclear Research Inst. (IPEN), Sao Paulo (Brazil); Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
  2. Energy and Nuclear Research Inst. (IPEN), Sao Paulo (Brazil)
  3. Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
  4. Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
  5. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

This work demonstrates a novel approach to ultrahigh-temperature mechanical testing using a combination of in situ nanomechanical testing and localized laser heating. Here, the methodology is applied to characterizing and testing initially nanograined 10 mol % Sc2O3-stabilized ZrO2 up to its melting temperature. The results suggest that the low-temperature strength of nanograined, d < 50 nm, oxides is not influenced by creep. Tensile fracture of ZrO2 bicrystals produce a weak-temperature dependence suggesting that grain boundary energy dominates brittle fracture of grain boundaries even at high homologous temperatures; for example, T = 2050 °C or T ≈ 77% Tmelt. The maximum temperature for mechanical testing in this work is primarily limited by the instability of the sample, due to evaporation or melting, enabling a host of new opportunities for testing materials in the ultrahigh-temperature regime.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF); US Army Research Office (ARO); Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq); Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000; NA-0003525; FWP-15013170; DMR-1922867; W911NF1810361; W911NF1710026; 236631/2012-8; 305889/2018-4; 2016/06205-1; 2017/25501-3
OSTI ID:
1634229
Report Number(s):
SAND-2020-5989J; 686654
Journal Information:
Nano Letters, Vol. 20, Issue 2; ISSN 1530-6984
Publisher:
American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 15 works
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