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Quasi-static Tensile and Compressive Behavior of Nanocrystalline Tantalum Based on Miniature Specimen Testing-Part II: Mechanical Properties
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Quasi-static Tensile and Compressive Behavior of Nanocrystalline Tantalum Based on Miniature Specimen Testing-Part II: Mechanical Properties

J. Ligda, D. Scotto D'Antuono, M. L. Taheri, B. E. Schuster, Q. Wei and Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
JOM (1989), v 68(11), pp 2839-2846
01 Nov 2016

Abstract

Materials Science Materials Science, Multidisciplinary Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering Mineralogy Mining & Mineral Processing Physical Sciences Science & Technology Technology
In Part I of this work (this issue), we presented the microstructure of tantalum processed by high-pressure torsion (HPT). In this part, we will present results based on site-specific micro-mechanical testing. The experimental techniques were used due to the intrinsic microstructure gradient associated with HPT processing. The primary objective is to explore the grain size effect on the quasi-static mechanical properties of HPT processed tantalum with ultrafine grained (UFG, grain size d < 1000 nm and d > 100 nm) and nanocrystalline (NC, d < 100 nm) microstructure. Two distinct deformation modes are observed, i.e. a homogeneous (non-shearing) region and a localized (shear banding) region. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and orientation imaging microscopy (OIM) show that the shear bands form by grain rotation. Comparing d in these two regions to the mechanism proposed in the literature shows that reduced d in the shear banding region is more susceptible to localized shearing via grain rotation. This work unifies, or at least further substantiates, the notion that body-centered cubic metals with UFG/NC microstructure tend to have localized shear band even under quasi-static uniaxial compression.

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