Abstract
The nano-dimple fracture complexions assessed from the published tensile fracture surfaces are perceived to predict the trend of variation in deformation and fracture properties of a supersaturated nanocrystalline face-centered cubic Cu–Co alloy with systematic isothermal annealing treatment. The alteration of different microstructural disposition that led to change in fracture complexions have been quantified, compared and interpreted with the respective mechanical properties of the alloy.
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Complex interplay between initial microstructural features and stress/strain field generated due to tension. Before tensile tests, the initial microstructures are different due to variation in annealing states (and after deformation), see Table 1.
Abbreviations
- ar:
-
Grain aspect ratio
- ATP:
-
Atom probe tomography
- bcc:
-
Body centered cubic
- BSE:
-
Backscatter electron
- \(\mu\) :
-
Dimple intercept length, Dimple size
- \(\dot{\epsilon }\) :
-
Strain rate
- \(\eta\) :
-
Median of dimple sizes
- \(\epsilon _\textrm{p}\) :
-
Plastic strain
- \(\epsilon _\textrm{N}\) :
-
Void nucleation strain
- EL:
-
Total elongation
- f v :
-
Void volume fraction
- f :
-
Dimple frequency
- fcc:
-
Face centered cubic
- FEL:
-
Elongation to fracture
- G :
-
Dimple size numbers
- GB:
-
Grain boundary
- GBTP:
-
Grain boundary triple points
- GS:
-
Grain size
- HEXRD:
-
In situ high-energy X-ray diffraction
- hcp:
-
Hexagonal close pack
- HPT:
-
High pressure torsion
- H/T :
-
Heat treatment
- lp:
-
Lattice parameter
- Mo:
-
Mode of dimple sizes
- n :
-
Dimple number density
- RA:
-
Reduction in area
- \(\rho\) :
-
Dislocation density
- \(\sigma\) :
-
Standard deviation of dimple sizes
- \(\sigma ^2\) :
-
Variance of dimple sizes
- SE:
-
Secondary electron imaging
- SEM:
-
Scanning electron microscope
- \(\tau\) :
-
Stress triaxiality
- \(\sigma _\textrm{h}\) :
-
Hydrostatic tensile stress
- \(\sigma _\textrm{N}\) :
-
Void nucleation stress
- U :
-
Deformation energy, area under ‘stress–strain’ curves
- UEL:
-
Uniform elongation
- UTS:
-
Ultimate tensile strength
- YS:
-
Yield strength
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Das, A. Fracture complexions of a nanocrystalline microstructure. Appl. Phys. A 129, 667 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-023-06913-6
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