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Title: Effects of grain boundary disorder on dislocation emission

Journal Article · · Materials Letters
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  1. Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States). Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering
  2. Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States). Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering; Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering

It was recently reported that segregation of Zr to grain boundaries (GB) in nanocrystalline Cu can lead to the development of disorder in the intergranular structure (Khalajhedayati et al., 2016; Khalajhedayati and Rupert, 2015). In this study we employ atomistic computer simulations to investigate how this disorder affects dislocation nucleation from the GBs under applied stress. It was found that a fully disordered grain boundary structure suppresses dislocation emission and significantly increases the yield stress. Depending on the solute concentration and heat-treatment, however, partial disorder may also occur and this aids dislocation nucleation rather than suppressing it, reducing or eliminating the strengthening effect.

Research Organization:
Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11358
OSTI ID:
1492058
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1636183
Report Number(s):
IS-J-9843; PII: S0167577X18318810
Journal Information:
Materials Letters, Vol. 237, Issue C; ISSN 0167-577X
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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