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Title: Investigation of the mechanical and microstructural evolution of a Cu based bulk metallic glass during ion irradiation

Abstract

Ion irradiation and annealing experiments were performed on Cu60Zr20Hf10Ti10 bulk metallic glass (BMG) specimens to investigate their irradiation- and temperature-induced microstructural and mechanical property evolution. For the ion irradiations, samples were exposed to 9 MeV Ni3+ ions to a midrange (~1.2 μm depth) dose of 10 displacements per atom (dpa) at temperatures ranging from room temperature to 360 °C (the corresponding peak dose at ~2.8 μm depth was ~25 dpa). Bulk X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) characterization revealed that the alloy did not crystallize during irradiation up to 290 °C but did partially crystallize at 360 °C. XRD analysis revealed that the crystallization which occurred in the sample irradiated at 360 °C was caused by thermal effects instead of irradiation displacement damage. Subsequent Rietveld refinement analysis of the XRD measurements revealed the presence of two distinct crystal phases, namely a CuTiZr hexagonal structure belonging to the P63/mmc space group and a CuTi tetragonal structure belonging to the P4/mmm space group. Nanoindentation experiments revealed that no pronounced hardness changes occurred in the specimens irradiated at room temperature and 290°C, although significant hardening was observed in the sample irradiated at 360 °C. The significant increase in the hardness atmore » 360°C was ascribed to thermally induced partial crystallization of the alloy instead of the ion irradiation. In general, the results of the nanoindentation experiments and XRD characterization suggest that although the Cu BMG exhibits good stability during irradiation at temperatures up to 290 °C it is not suitable for irradiation environments where the temperature is 360 °C for extended periods of time. The Lam and Chong extrapolation method, which has been used to study the indentation size effect (ISE) in amorphous alloys, was employed to quantify how irradiation and temperature affect this type of behavior in the BMG. However, the poor linear fitting of the indentation hardness data by this model indicate that a new ISE model is likely needed to quantify indentation hardening in BMGs.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [2]; ORCiD logo [1];  [3]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
  3. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1761747
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1778536
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Intermetallics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 116; Journal Issue: n/a; Journal ID: ISSN 0966-9795
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Metallic glasses; Irradiation effects; Annealing; Microstructure; Nanoindentation; X-ray diffraction

Citation Formats

Brechtl, Jamieson, Agarwal, Shradha, Crespillo, Miguel L., Salasin, John, Yang, Tengfei, Bei, Hongbin, and Zinkle, Steven J. Investigation of the mechanical and microstructural evolution of a Cu based bulk metallic glass during ion irradiation. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1016/j.intermet.2019.106655.
Brechtl, Jamieson, Agarwal, Shradha, Crespillo, Miguel L., Salasin, John, Yang, Tengfei, Bei, Hongbin, & Zinkle, Steven J. Investigation of the mechanical and microstructural evolution of a Cu based bulk metallic glass during ion irradiation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intermet.2019.106655
Brechtl, Jamieson, Agarwal, Shradha, Crespillo, Miguel L., Salasin, John, Yang, Tengfei, Bei, Hongbin, and Zinkle, Steven J. Sat . "Investigation of the mechanical and microstructural evolution of a Cu based bulk metallic glass during ion irradiation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intermet.2019.106655. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1761747.
@article{osti_1761747,
title = {Investigation of the mechanical and microstructural evolution of a Cu based bulk metallic glass during ion irradiation},
author = {Brechtl, Jamieson and Agarwal, Shradha and Crespillo, Miguel L. and Salasin, John and Yang, Tengfei and Bei, Hongbin and Zinkle, Steven J.},
abstractNote = {Ion irradiation and annealing experiments were performed on Cu60Zr20Hf10Ti10 bulk metallic glass (BMG) specimens to investigate their irradiation- and temperature-induced microstructural and mechanical property evolution. For the ion irradiations, samples were exposed to 9 MeV Ni3+ ions to a midrange (~1.2 μm depth) dose of 10 displacements per atom (dpa) at temperatures ranging from room temperature to 360 °C (the corresponding peak dose at ~2.8 μm depth was ~25 dpa). Bulk X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) characterization revealed that the alloy did not crystallize during irradiation up to 290 °C but did partially crystallize at 360 °C. XRD analysis revealed that the crystallization which occurred in the sample irradiated at 360 °C was caused by thermal effects instead of irradiation displacement damage. Subsequent Rietveld refinement analysis of the XRD measurements revealed the presence of two distinct crystal phases, namely a CuTiZr hexagonal structure belonging to the P63/mmc space group and a CuTi tetragonal structure belonging to the P4/mmm space group. Nanoindentation experiments revealed that no pronounced hardness changes occurred in the specimens irradiated at room temperature and 290°C, although significant hardening was observed in the sample irradiated at 360 °C. The significant increase in the hardness at 360°C was ascribed to thermally induced partial crystallization of the alloy instead of the ion irradiation. In general, the results of the nanoindentation experiments and XRD characterization suggest that although the Cu BMG exhibits good stability during irradiation at temperatures up to 290 °C it is not suitable for irradiation environments where the temperature is 360 °C for extended periods of time. The Lam and Chong extrapolation method, which has been used to study the indentation size effect (ISE) in amorphous alloys, was employed to quantify how irradiation and temperature affect this type of behavior in the BMG. However, the poor linear fitting of the indentation hardness data by this model indicate that a new ISE model is likely needed to quantify indentation hardening in BMGs.},
doi = {10.1016/j.intermet.2019.106655},
journal = {Intermetallics},
number = n/a,
volume = 116,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Nov 16 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Sat Nov 16 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}

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