Solute stabilization of nanocrystalline tungsten against abnormal grain growth

Donaldson, Olivia K.; Hattar, Khalid; Kaub, Tyler; Thompson, Gregory B.; Trelewicz, Jason R.

doi:10.1557/jmr.2017.296

Title: Solute stabilization of nanocrystalline tungsten against abnormal grain growth

Journal Article · Tue Sep 05 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of Materials Research

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2017.296· OSTI ID:1474059

Donaldson, Olivia K. ^[1]; Hattar, Khalid ^[2]; Kaub, Tyler ^[3]; Thompson, Gregory B. ^[3]; Trelewicz, Jason R. ^[1]

Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States). Dept. of Radiation Solid Interactions
Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States). Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Microstructure and phase evolution in magnetron sputtered nanocrystalline tungsten and tungsten alloy thin films are explored through in situ TEM annealing experiments at temperatures up to 1000 °C. Grain growth in unalloyed nanocrystalline tungsten transpires through a discontinuous process at temperatures up to 550 °C, which is coupled to an allotropic phase transformation of metastable β-tungsten with the A-15 cubic structure to stable body centered cubic (BCC) α-tungsten. Complete transformation to the BCC α-phase is accompanied by the convergence to a unimodal nanocrystalline structure at 650 °C, signaling a transition to continuous grain growth. Alloy films synthesized with compositions of W–20 at.% Ti and W–15 at.% Cr exhibit only the BCC α-phase in the as-deposited state, which indicate the addition of solute stabilizes the films against the formation of metastable β-tungsten. Thermal stability of the alloy films is significantly improved over their unalloyed counterpart up to 1000 °C, and grain coarsening occurs solely through a continuous growth process. The contrasting thermal stability between W–Ti and W–Cr is attributed to different grain boundary segregation states, thus demonstrating the critical role of grain boundary chemistry in the design of solute-stabilized nanocrystalline alloys.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

OSTI ID:: 1474059

Report Number(s):: SAND-2018-10138J; applab; 667935

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 33, Issue 01; ISSN 0884-2914

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Country of Publication:: United States

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