Published March 14, 2016 | Version v1
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Using coupled micropillar compression and micro-Laue diffraction to investigate deformation mechanisms in a complex metallic alloy Al13Co4

  • 1. Department of Materials, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Diamond Light Source, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE (United Kingdom)
  • 3. Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0FS (United Kingdom)
  • 4. Crystallographic Section, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich D-80333 (Germany)
  • 5. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ (United Kingdom)

Description

In this study, we have used in-situ micro-Laue diffraction combined with micropillar compression of focused ion beam milled Al13Co4 complex metallic alloy to investigate the evolution of deformation in Al13Co4. Streaking of the Laue spots shows that the onset of plastic flow occurs at stresses as low as 0.8 GPa, although macroscopic yield only becomes apparent at 2 GPa. The measured misorientations, obtained from peak splitting, enable the geometrically necessary dislocation density to be estimated as 1.1 × 1013 m−2.

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Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
108
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 111902-111902.5
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLAB

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
48035986
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
ALLOYS; COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION; DIFFRACTION; DISLOCATIONS; ION BEAMS; PEAKS; PRESSURE RANGE GIGA PA; STRESSES; YIELDS
Descriptors DEC
BEAMS; COHERENT SCATTERING; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LINE DEFECTS; PRESSURE RANGE; SCATTERING

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