Journal
CRYSTALS
Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cryst13020276
Keywords
nanotwinned metals; strain rate sensitivity; nanoindentation; transmission electron microscopy; aluminum alloys
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Nanotwinned metals, such as Al-Zr alloys, have enhanced physical and mechanical properties, with vertically aligned sigma 3 (112) twin boundaries and grain size-dependent strain rate sensitivity. This study accurately determined the strain rate sensitivity of nanotwinned Al-Zr alloys and demonstrated their remarkable mechanical strengths and thermal stability.
Nanotwinned metals have exhibited many enhanced physical and mechanical properties. Twin boundaries have recently been introduced into sputtered Al alloys in spite of their high stacking fault energy. These twinned Al alloys possess unique microstructures composed of vertically aligned sigma 3(112) incoherent twin boundaries (ITBs) and have demonstrated remarkable mechanical strengths and thermal stability. However, their strain rate sensitivity has not been fully assessed. A modified nanoindentation method has been employed here to accurately determine the strain rate sensitivity of nanotwinned Al-Zr alloys. The hardness of these alloys reaches 4.2 GPa while simultaneously exhibiting an improved strain rate sensitivity. The nanotwinned Al-Zr alloys have shown grain size-dependent strain rate sensitivity, consistent with previous findings in the literature. This work provides insight into a previously unstudied aspect of nanotwinned Al alloys.
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