Stress-induced phase transformation and phase boundary sliding in Ti: An atomically resolved in-situ analysis

Zongde Kou, Xuteng Li, Rong Huang, Lixia Yang, Yanqing Yang, Tao Feng, Si Lan, Gerhard Wilde, Qingquan Lai, Song Tang

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Abstract

In-situ tensile experiments on pure Ti were performed in a transmission electron microscope at room temperature. The dynamic process of stress-induced hexagonal closed-packed (hcp) to face-centered cubic (fcc) structural transformation ahead of a crack tip was captured at the atomic level. Intriguingly, a sliding behavior of the ensuing (0001)hcp/(11¯1)fcc phase boundary was observed to further accommodate the plastic deformation until crack initiation. The sliding was accomplished via the successive conservative glide of extended dislocations along the (0001)hcp/(11¯1)fcc phase boundary. A molecular dynamics simulation was carried out to corroborate the experiments and the results confirm the new dislocation-mediated sliding mechanism.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)30-36
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Materials Science and Technology
Volume152
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Jul 2023

Keywords

  • Hcp-to-fcc transformation
  • In situ HRTEM
  • Molecular dynamics simulation
  • Phase boundary sliding
  • Pure Ti

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