Strength, deformation, and equation of state of tungsten carbide to 66 GPa
Abstract
Here, strength, texture, and equation of state of hexagonal tungsten monocarbide (WC) have been determined under quasi-hydrostatic and non-hydrostatic compression to 66 GPa using angle-dispersive X-ray diffraction in the diamond anvil cell. Quasi-hydrostatic compression in a Ne pressure medium demonstrates that nanocrystalline WC is slightly less incompressible than bulk-scale WC, with respective bulk moduli of K0 = 377 ± 7 and 397 ± 7 GPa and pressure derivatives K0’ = 3.8 ± 0.3 and 3.7 ±0.3. This decrease in incompressibility with grain size is similar to behavior observed in other ceramics. Under nonhydrostatic compression, WC supports a mean differential stress of ~12-15 GPa at plastic yielding, which occurs at ~30 GPa. Strength in WC is anisotropic, with the (001) plane supporting 29-42% higher stress than stresses calculated from mean strain. Simulations using an Elasto-ViscoPlastic Self-Consistent model indicate that strength inferred from lattice strain theory may be overestimated due to effects of plastic deformation. Plastic deformation generates a texture maximum near $$\langle\bar{2}110\rangle$$ in the compression orientation, initially through prismatic slip on the {$$10\bar{1}0$$}$$\langle\bar{1}2\bar{1}0\rangle$$ and {$$10\bar{1}0$$}$$\langle0001\rangle$$ slip systems, followed by activation of pyramidal slip on {$$10\bar{1}1$$}$$\langle\bar{2}113\rangle$$ at ~40-50 GPa.
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- Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)
- Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
- Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Programs (DP); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1830374
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1840908
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0003975; AC02-06CH11357; EAR 1663442; EAR 1654687
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Acta Materialia
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 220; Journal ID: ISSN 1359-6454
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; strength; deformation; EOS; ceramics; tungsten carbide
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Brugman, B. L., Lin, F., Lv, M., Kenney-Benson, C., Popov, D., Miyagi, L., and Dorfman, S. M. Strength, deformation, and equation of state of tungsten carbide to 66 GPa. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2021.117301.
Brugman, B. L., Lin, F., Lv, M., Kenney-Benson, C., Popov, D., Miyagi, L., & Dorfman, S. M. Strength, deformation, and equation of state of tungsten carbide to 66 GPa. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2021.117301
Brugman, B. L., Lin, F., Lv, M., Kenney-Benson, C., Popov, D., Miyagi, L., and Dorfman, S. M. Thu .
"Strength, deformation, and equation of state of tungsten carbide to 66 GPa". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2021.117301. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1830374.
@article{osti_1830374,
title = {Strength, deformation, and equation of state of tungsten carbide to 66 GPa},
author = {Brugman, B. L. and Lin, F. and Lv, M. and Kenney-Benson, C. and Popov, D. and Miyagi, L. and Dorfman, S. M.},
abstractNote = {Here, strength, texture, and equation of state of hexagonal tungsten monocarbide (WC) have been determined under quasi-hydrostatic and non-hydrostatic compression to 66 GPa using angle-dispersive X-ray diffraction in the diamond anvil cell. Quasi-hydrostatic compression in a Ne pressure medium demonstrates that nanocrystalline WC is slightly less incompressible than bulk-scale WC, with respective bulk moduli of K0 = 377 ± 7 and 397 ± 7 GPa and pressure derivatives K0’ = 3.8 ± 0.3 and 3.7 ±0.3. This decrease in incompressibility with grain size is similar to behavior observed in other ceramics. Under nonhydrostatic compression, WC supports a mean differential stress of ~12-15 GPa at plastic yielding, which occurs at ~30 GPa. Strength in WC is anisotropic, with the (001) plane supporting 29-42% higher stress than stresses calculated from mean strain. Simulations using an Elasto-ViscoPlastic Self-Consistent model indicate that strength inferred from lattice strain theory may be overestimated due to effects of plastic deformation. Plastic deformation generates a texture maximum near $\langle\bar{2}110\rangle$ in the compression orientation, initially through prismatic slip on the {$10\bar{1}0$}$\langle\bar{1}2\bar{1}0\rangle$ and {$10\bar{1}0$}$\langle0001\rangle$ slip systems, followed by activation of pyramidal slip on {$10\bar{1}1$}$\langle\bar{2}113\rangle$ at ~40-50 GPa.},
doi = {10.1016/j.actamat.2021.117301},
journal = {Acta Materialia},
number = ,
volume = 220,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 09 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Thu Sep 09 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}
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