Deformation twinning and grain partitioning in a hexagonal close-packed magnesium alloy

Arul Kumar, M.; Clausen, B.; Capolungo, L.; McCabe, R. J.; Liu, W.; Tischler, J. Z.; Tomé, C. N.

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07028-w

Title: Deformation twinning and grain partitioning in a hexagonal close-packed magnesium alloy

Journal Article · Mon Nov 12 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07028-w· OSTI ID:1483536

Arul Kumar, M. ^[1];

^[1]; Capolungo, L. ^[1]; McCabe, R. J. ^[1]; Liu, W. ^[2]; Tischler, J. Z. ^[2]; Tomé, C. N. ^[1]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Argonne Photon Source

Pervasive deformation twinning in magnesium greatly affects its strength and formability. The local stress fields associated with twinning play a key role on deformation behavior and fracture but are extremely difficult to characterize experimentally. In this study, we perform synchrotron experiments with differential-aperture X-ray microscopy to measure the 3D stress fields in the vicinity of a twin with a spatial resolution of 0.5 micrometer. The measured local stress field aids to identify the sequence of events involved with twinning. We find that the selected grain deforms elastically before twinning, and the twin formation splits the grain into two non-interacting domains. Under further straining one domain of the grain continued to deform elastically, whereas the other domain deforms plastically by prismatic slip. This heterogeneous deformation behavior may be mediated by the surrounding medium and it is likely to lead to asymmetric twin growth.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001; AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1483536

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1502501

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-18-24916

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 9; ISSN 2041-1723

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Country of Publication:: United States

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