In Situ High-Cycle Fatigue Reveals Importance of Grain Boundary Structure in Nanocrystalline Cu-Zr
Abstract
The radiation tolerance of metals can be improved through the incorporation of surfacesand interfaces within the material. Nanocrystalline metals are especially attractive due to theirlarge interfacial volume fraction in the form of grain boundaries, but grain growth duringirradiation usually degrades any improvement in radiation tolerance. Therefore, methods to limitgrain growth and simultaneously improve the radiation tolerance of nanocrystalline metals areneeded. Amorphous intergranular films are unique grain boundary structures that are predicted tohave improved sink efficiencies compared to traditional ordered grain boundaries due to theirincreased thickness and amorphous structure. In addition, amorphous intergranular films havebeen shown to improve the grain size stability of nanocrystalline alloys since they arethermodynamically-preferred at very high temperatures and also can kinetically slow migrationdue to the interface being heavily doped. In this study, ball milled nanocrystalline Cu-Zr alloysare heat treated to either have only ordered grain boundaries or to contain amorphous intergranularfilms distributed throughout the grain boundary network, and are then subjected to in situtransmission electron microscopy irradiation and ex situ bulk irradiation. Differences in defectdensity and grain growth due to grain boundary structural transitions are then investigated. Whenamorphous intergranular films are incorporated within the material, not only is the net sinkefficiency of the entire grain boundarymore »
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- Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1650169
- Report Number(s):
- SAND2020-8425J
Journal ID: ISSN 1047-4838; 689935
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- JOM. Journal of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 71; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1047-4838
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
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Schuler, Jennifer D., Barr, Christopher M., Heckman, Nathan M., Copeland, Guild, Boyce, Brad L., Hattar, Khalid, and Rupert, Timothy J. In Situ High-Cycle Fatigue Reveals Importance of Grain Boundary Structure in Nanocrystalline Cu-Zr. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1007/s11837-019-03361-7.
Schuler, Jennifer D., Barr, Christopher M., Heckman, Nathan M., Copeland, Guild, Boyce, Brad L., Hattar, Khalid, & Rupert, Timothy J. In Situ High-Cycle Fatigue Reveals Importance of Grain Boundary Structure in Nanocrystalline Cu-Zr. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-019-03361-7
Schuler, Jennifer D., Barr, Christopher M., Heckman, Nathan M., Copeland, Guild, Boyce, Brad L., Hattar, Khalid, and Rupert, Timothy J. Thu .
"In Situ High-Cycle Fatigue Reveals Importance of Grain Boundary Structure in Nanocrystalline Cu-Zr". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-019-03361-7. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1650169.
@article{osti_1650169,
title = {In Situ High-Cycle Fatigue Reveals Importance of Grain Boundary Structure in Nanocrystalline Cu-Zr},
author = {Schuler, Jennifer D. and Barr, Christopher M. and Heckman, Nathan M. and Copeland, Guild and Boyce, Brad L. and Hattar, Khalid and Rupert, Timothy J.},
abstractNote = {The radiation tolerance of metals can be improved through the incorporation of surfacesand interfaces within the material. Nanocrystalline metals are especially attractive due to theirlarge interfacial volume fraction in the form of grain boundaries, but grain growth duringirradiation usually degrades any improvement in radiation tolerance. Therefore, methods to limitgrain growth and simultaneously improve the radiation tolerance of nanocrystalline metals areneeded. Amorphous intergranular films are unique grain boundary structures that are predicted tohave improved sink efficiencies compared to traditional ordered grain boundaries due to theirincreased thickness and amorphous structure. In addition, amorphous intergranular films havebeen shown to improve the grain size stability of nanocrystalline alloys since they arethermodynamically-preferred at very high temperatures and also can kinetically slow migrationdue to the interface being heavily doped. In this study, ball milled nanocrystalline Cu-Zr alloysare heat treated to either have only ordered grain boundaries or to contain amorphous intergranularfilms distributed throughout the grain boundary network, and are then subjected to in situtransmission electron microscopy irradiation and ex situ bulk irradiation. Differences in defectdensity and grain growth due to grain boundary structural transitions are then investigated. Whenamorphous intergranular films are incorporated within the material, not only is the net sinkefficiency of the entire grain boundary network increased, but grain growth is also limited, leadingto nanocrystalline alloys with improved radiation tolerance.},
doi = {10.1007/s11837-019-03361-7},
journal = {JOM. Journal of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society},
number = 4,
volume = 71,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Feb 07 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Thu Feb 07 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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