Effects of Bi Addition on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Nanocrystalline Ag Coatings

Wang, Yuxin; Cheng, Guang; Tay, See Leng; Guo, Yuxia; Sun, Xin; Gao, Wei

doi:10.3390/ma10080932

Title: Effects of Bi Addition on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Nanocrystalline Ag Coatings

Journal Article · Thu Aug 10 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10080932· OSTI ID:1390442

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^[2]; Tay, See Leng ^[3]; Guo, Yuxia ^[4]; Sun, Xin ^[5]; Gao, Wei ^[3]

Jiangsu Univ. of Science and Technology, Jiangsu (China). School of Materials Science and Engineering; Univ. of Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand). Dept. of Chemical & Materials Engineering
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate
Univ. of Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand). Dept. of Chemical & Materials Engineering
Jiangsu Univ. of Science and Technology, Jiangsu (China). School of Materials Science and Engineering
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Energy and Transportation Science Division

Here in this study we investigated the effects of Bi addition on the microstructure and mechanical properties of an electrodeposited nanocrystalline Ag coating. Microstructural features were investigated with transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results indicate that the addition of Bi introduced nanometer-scale Ag-Bi solid solution particles and more internal defects to the initial Ag microstructures. The anisotropic elastic-plastic properties of the Ag nanocrystalline coating with and without Bi addition were examined with nanoindentation experiments in conjunction with the recently-developed inverse method. The results indicate that the as-deposited nanocrystalline Ag coating contained high mechanical anisotropy. With the addition of 1 atomic percent (at%) Bi, the anisotropy within Ag-Bi coating was very small, and yield strength of the nanocrystalline Ag-Bi alloy in both longitudinal and transverse directions were improved by over 100% compared to that of Ag. On the other hand, the strain-hardening exponent of Ag-Bi was reduced to 0.055 from the original 0.16 of the Ag coating. Furthermore, the addition of Bi only slightly increased the electrical resistivity of the Ag-Bi coating in comparison to Ag. Lastly, results of our study indicate that Bi addition is a promising method for improving the mechanical and physical performances of Ag coating for electrical contacts.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; AC06-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1390442

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1394277

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-126344; VT0505000

Journal Information:: Materials, Vol. 10, Issue 8; ISSN 1996-1944

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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