Journal
ACTA MATERIALIA
Volume 223, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2021.117468
Keywords
Transition metal silicides; Deformation structure; Dislocations; Mechanical properties; Micropillar compression
Funding
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI [JP18H05478, JP18H05450, JP18H05451, JP19H00824, JP20K21084, JP21H01651]
- Elements Strategy Initiative for Structural Materials (ESISM) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan [JPMXP0112101000]
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)ALCA [JPMJAL1004]
- JST CREST [JPMJCR1994]
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This study investigated the room-temperature deformation behavior of single crystals of transition-metal disilicides through micropillar compression, revealing that plastic flow is observed by the operation of the equivalent slip at room temperature for all these TM disilicides. The critical resolved shear stress (CRSS) value exhibits the 'smaller is stronger' behavior and transmission electron microscopy shows that the equivalent slip at room temperature occurs by a conventional shear mechanism for all TM disilicides.
The room-temperature deformation behavior of single crystals of transition-metal (TM) disilicides with the tetragonal C11(b) (TM = Mo) and hexagonal C40 (TM = V, Cr, Nb and Ta) structures has been investigated by micropillar compression as a function of specimen size, paying special attention to the deformation behavior of the equivalent slip ({110} < <(1)over bar>11 > and (0 0 01) < 2<(11)over bar>0 > , respectively for the two structures). In contrast to bulk single crystals, in which high temperature at least exceeding 400 degrees C is usually needed for the operation of the equivalent slip, plastic flow is observed by the operation of the equivalent slip at room temperature for all these TM disilicides in the micropillar form. The critical resolved shear stress (CRSS) value exhibits the 'smaller is stronger' behavior following an inverse power-law relationship for all these TM disilicides. The bulk CRSS values at room temperature estimated from the specimen size dependence are 620 +/- 40, 240 +/- 20, 1,440 +/- 10, 640 +/- 20 and 1,300 +/- 30 MPa for MoSi2, VSi2, CrSi2, NbSi2 and TaSi2, respectively. Transmission electron microscopy reveals that the equivalent slip at room temperature occurs by a conventional shear mechanism for all TM disilicides, indicating the change in deformation mechanism from synchroshear in bulk to conventional shear in micropillars occurs in CrSi2 with decreasing temperature. (C) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Acta Materialia Inc.
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