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Sapphire: A kinking nonlinear elastic solid
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Sapphire: A kinking nonlinear elastic solid

S. Basu, M. Barsoum and S. Kalidindi
Journal of applied physics, v 99(6), 063501
15 Mar 2006
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2179974

Abstract

Kinking nonlinear elastic (KNE) solids are a recently identified large class of solids that deform fully reversibly by the formation of dislocation-based kink bands [ Barsoum Phys. Rev. Lett. 92 , 255508 ( 2004 ) ]. We further conjectured that a high c ∕ a ratio-that ensures that only basal slip is operative-is a sufficient condition for a solid to be KNE. The c ∕ a ratio of sapphire is 2.73 and thus, if our conjecture is correct, it should be a KNE solid. Herein by repeatedly loading-up to 30 times-the same location of sapphire single crystals of two orientations- A and C -with a 1 μ m radius spherical nanoindenter, followed by atomic force microscopy, we showed that sapphire is indeed a KNE solid. After pop-ins of the order of 100 nm , the repeated loadings give rise to fully reversible, reproducible hysteresis loops wherein the energy dissipated per unit volume per cycle W d is of the order of 0.5 GJ ∕ m 3 . W d is due to the back and fro motion of the dislocations making up the incipient kink bands that are fully reversible. The results presented here strongly suggest that-like in graphite and mica-kink bands play a more critical role in the room temperature constrained deformation of sapphire than had hitherto been appreciated. Our interpretation is also in agreement with, and can explain most, recent nanoindentation results on sapphire.

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