Studies of Sputter Deposited CU1-XTAX Alloys

1993 ◽  
Vol 308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Wang ◽  
M. J. Zaluzec ◽  
Y. Liu ◽  
J. Mazumder ◽  
J. M. Rigsbee

ABSTRACTCopper-refractory metal composites/alloys are of interest for aerospace and related applications requiring good thermal conductivity and high strength at elevated temperatures[1]. These materials, due to generally very low mutual solubilities, may allow high strength microstructures to be developed which are stable at temperatures exceeding those suitable for precipitation strengthened alloys. Phase stability and mechanical property characteristics of bulk fabricated Cu-refractory metal composites were recently reviewed[2-3]. This paper reports the results of structure-property studies of a series of Cu1–xTax alloys created by RF sputter deposition. It will be shown that nanoscale face-centered-cubic and body-centered-cubic Ta particles form in the Cu matrix and that these Ta particles are very resistant to coarsening at temperatures up to 900ºC. Nanoindentation studies of these alloys reveal that their strengths are also essentially unaffected by exposure to 900ºC for times up to 100 hours.

Author(s):  
Robert C. Rau ◽  
Robert L. Ladd

Recent studies have shown the presence of voids in several face-centered cubic metals after neutron irradiation at elevated temperatures. These voids were found when the irradiation temperature was above 0.3 Tm where Tm is the absolute melting point, and were ascribed to the agglomeration of lattice vacancies resulting from fast neutron generated displacement cascades. The present paper reports the existence of similar voids in the body-centered cubic metals tungsten and molybdenum.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (15) ◽  
pp. 4223
Author(s):  
Po-Sung Chen ◽  
Yu-Chin Liao ◽  
Yen-Ting Lin ◽  
Pei-Hua Tsai ◽  
Jason S. C. Jang ◽  
...  

Most high-entropy alloys and medium-entropy alloys (MEAs) possess outstanding mechanical properties. In this study, a series of lightweight nonequiatomic Al50–Ti–Cr–Mn–V MEAs with a dual phase were produced through arc melting and drop casting. These cast alloys were composed of body-centered cubic and face-centered cubic phases. The density of all investigated MEAs was less than 5 g/cm3 in order to meet energy and transportation industry requirements. The effect of each element on the microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of these MEAs was investigated. All the MEAs demonstrated outstanding compressive strength, with no fractures observed after a compressive strain of 20%. Following the fine-tuning of the alloy composition, the Al50Ti20Cr10Mn15V5 MEA exhibited the most compressive strength (~1800 MPa) and ductility (~34%). A significant improvement in the mechanical compressive properties was achieved (strength of ~2000 MPa, strain of ~40%) after annealing (at 1000 °C for 0.5 h) and oil-quenching. With its extremely high specific compressive strength (452 MPa·g/cm3) and ductility, the lightweight Al50Ti20Cr10Mn15V5 MEA demonstrates good potential for energy or transportation applications in the future.


Entropy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 74
Author(s):  
Yu-Chin Liao ◽  
Po-Sung Chen ◽  
Chao-Hsiu Li ◽  
Pei-Hua Tsai ◽  
Jason Jang ◽  
...  

A novel lightweight Al-Ti-Cr-Mn-V medium-entropy alloy (MEA) system was developed using a nonequiatiomic approach and alloys were produced through arc melting and drop casting. These alloys comprised a body-centered cubic (BCC) and face-centered cubic (FCC) dual phase with a density of approximately 4.5 g/cm3. However, the fraction of the BCC phase and morphology of the FCC phase can be controlled by incorporating other elements. The results of compression tests indicated that these Al-Ti-Cr-Mn-V alloys exhibited a prominent compression strength (~1940 MPa) and ductility (~30%). Moreover, homogenized samples maintained a high compression strength of 1900 MPa and similar ductility (30%). Due to the high specific compressive strength (0.433 GPa·g/cm3) and excellent combination of strength and ductility, the cast lightweight Al-Ti-Cr-Mn-V MEAs are a promising alloy system for application in transportation and energy industries.


2011 ◽  
Vol 683 ◽  
pp. 95-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Yang ◽  
Peng Yang ◽  
Jing Mei Tao ◽  
Cai Ju Li ◽  
Xin Kun Zhu

Sacking fault energy (SFE) is the key role in solving this problem of getting high strength and expected ductility simultaneously. This work adds Al as the procedure of decreasing SFE in Cu face-centered cubic. It is an economic and effective method to counterpart Cold-rolling at liquid nitrogen temperature to get high density deformation twin and ultrafine-grains size. After undergoing tensile and X-ray diffraction tests, Cu-4.5 wt.% Al plays the best performance on both strength and ductility. Thus there exist the optimal SFE of Cu-Al alloys which get both high strength and expected ductility simultaneously.


2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 1696-1702 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Zhang ◽  
A. Misra ◽  
R.K. Schulze ◽  
C.J. Wetteland ◽  
H. Wang ◽  
...  

Bulk austenitic stainless steels (SS) have a face-centered cubic (fcc) structure. However, sputter deposited films synthesized using austenitic stainless steel targets usually exhibit body-centered cubic (bcc) structure or a mixture of fcc and bcc phases. This paper presents studies on the effect of processing parameters on the phase stability of 304 and 330 SS thin films. The 304 SS thin films with in-plane, biaxial residual stresses in the range of approximately 1 GPa (tensile) to approximately 300 MPa (compressive) exhibited only bcc structure. The retention of bcc 304 SS after high-temperature annealing followed by slow furnace cooling indicates depletion of Ni in as-sputtered 304 SS films. The 330 SS films sputtered at room temperature possess pure fcc phase. The Ni content and the substrate temperature during deposition are crucial factors in determining the phase stability in sputter deposited austenitic SS films.


Materials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1219
Author(s):  
Zhichao Zhang ◽  
Hu Tang ◽  
Yujiao Ke ◽  
Yu Li ◽  
Xiaochen Jiao ◽  
...  

Nonstoichiometric TiC0.5 and (TiNb)0.5 powders were prepared by the mechanical alloying process using Ti, Nb, and TiC powders as raw materials. Furthermore, the as-prepared TiC0.5 and (TiNb)0.5 powders were used as initial materials to fabricate TiC0.5 and (TiNb)0.5 compacts under high pressures and high temperatures (HTHP) of 5.5 GPa and 1200–1550 °C for 5 min. Phase identification and microstructure of the mechanical-alloyed powders and the sintered TiC0.5 and (TiNb)0.5 compacts were realized by an X-ray diffractometer and scanning electron microscope. The results indicate that the as-prepared TiC0.5 and (TiNb)0.5 powders have a similar crystal structure of face-centered cubic (FCC) to TiC. The sintered (TiNb)0.5 compact has good Vickers hardness (~16 GPa), and notably, excellent fracture toughness (~7.3 MPa·m1/2). The non-stoichiometric compound not only reduced the sintering temperature of covalent compounds, but also greatly enhanced the mechanical properties of the materials. Thus, we have provided a novel synthetic strategy for the production of a compound with high-strength covalent bonds.


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Xiangkai Zhang ◽  
Hanting Ye ◽  
Jacob C. Huang ◽  
Taiyou Liu ◽  
Pinhung Lin ◽  
...  

A low density, medium entropy alloy (LD-MEA) Ti33Al33V34 (4.44 g/cm3) was successfully developed. The microstructure was found to be composed of a disordered body-centered-cubic (BCC) matrix and minor ordered B2 precipitates based on transmission electron microscopy characterization. Equilibrium and non-equilibrium modeling, simulated using the Calphad approach, were applied to predict the phase constituent. Creep behavior of {110} grains at elevated temperatures was investigated by nanoindentation and the results were compared with Cantor alloy and Ti-6Al-4V alloy. Dislocation creep was found to be the dominant mechanism. The decreasing trend of hardness in {110} grains of BCC TiAlV is different from that in {111} grains of face-centered-cubic (FCC) Cantor alloy due to the different temperature-dependence of Peierls stress in these two lattice structures. The activation energy value of {110} grains was lower than that of {111} grains in FCC Cantor alloy because of the denser atomic stacking in FCC alloys. Compared with conventional Ti-6Al-4V alloy, TiAlV possesses considerably higher hardness and specific strength (63% higher), 83% lower creep displacement at room temperature, and 50% lower creep strain rate over the temperature range from 500 to 600 °C under the similar 1150 MPa stress, indicating a promising substitution for Ti-6Al-4V alloy as structural materials.


Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Moravcik ◽  
Stepan Gamanov ◽  
Larissa Moravcikova-Gouvea ◽  
Zuzana Kovacova ◽  
Michael Kitzmantel ◽  
...  

The focus of this study is the evaluation of the influence of Ti concentration on the tensile properties of powder metallurgy high entropy alloys. Three Ni1.5Co1.5CrFeTiX alloys with X = 0.3; 0.5 and 0.7 were produced by mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering. Additional annealing heat treatment at 1100 °C was utilized to obtain homogenous single-phase face centered cubic (FCC) microstructures, with minor oxide inclusions. The results show that Ti increases the strength of the alloys by increasing the average atomic size misfit i.e., solid solution strengthening. An excellent combination of mechanical properties can be obtained by the proposed method. For instance, annealed Ni1,5Co1,5CrFeTi0.7 alloy possessed the ultimate tensile strength as high as ~1600 MPa at a tensile ductility of ~9%, despite the oxide contamination. The presented results may serve as a guideline for future alloy design of novel, inclusion-tolerant materials for sustainable metallurgy.


Author(s):  
Jui-Yung Chang ◽  
Yi-Hua Yang ◽  
Vikas Yadav ◽  
Yu-Bin Chen

Abstract Refractive index and extinction coefficient (optical constants) are essential in photonic design and thermal radiation utilization. These constants vary with the material phase, temperature, wavelength, and subject dimension. Precisely retrieving these constants of a thin film is thus challenging at elevated temperatures. To tackle this challenge, a methodology for retrieval using emittance at different emission angle θ has been developed here. The method contains four steps and takes advantages of an emissometry. The method is firstly validated using simulation and then demonstrates its feasibility by retrieving optical constants of a phase change germanium-antimony-tellurium (Ge2Sb2Te5, GST) film. Emittance from samples at 100°C, 200°C, 300°C, and 400°C is measured at θ = 0°, 15°, and 30°. The spectral range of retrieval covers from 4 μm to 18 μm where thermal radiation dominates. The investigated film phase considers amorphous, face-centered cubic (FCC), and hexagonal close packed (HCP). The retrieved constants exhibit temperature and substrate independence, but they show up significant phase reliance.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Motomichi Koyama ◽  
Hiroyuki Saitoh ◽  
Toyoto Sato ◽  
Shin-ichi Orimo ◽  
Eiji Akiyama

AbstractThe use of hydrogen in iron and steel has the potential to improve mechanical properties via altering the phase stability and dislocation behavior. When hydrogen is introduced under several gigapascals, a stoichiometric composition of hydrogen can be introduced for steel compositions. In this study, a face-centered cubic (fcc) stainless steel was hydrogenated under several gigapascals. When the steel was not hydrogenated, the microstructure after depressurization was an fcc with a hexagonal close-packed (hcp) structure. In contrast, the hydrogenation treatment resulted in a fine lath body-centered cubic (bcc) structure arising from diffusionless transformation. In particular, the bcc phase formed through the following transformation sequence: fcc → hcp → dhcp (double hexagonal close-packed phase) → bcc. That is, the use of hydrogenation treatment realized fine microstructure evolution through a new type of diffusionless transformation sequence, which is expected to be used in future alloy design strategies for developing high-strength steels.


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