Crystallographic Analysis of Nucleation at Hardness Indentations in High-Purity Aluminum

Chaoling Xu, Yubin Zhang, Fengxiang Lin, Guilin Wu, Qing Liu, Dorte Juul Jensen

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    Abstract

    Nucleation at Vickers hardness indentations has been studied in high-purity aluminum cold-rolled 12 pct. Electron channeling contrast was used to measure the size of the indentations and to detect nuclei, while electron backscattering diffraction was used to determine crystallographic orientations. It is found that indentations are preferential nucleation sites. The crystallographic orientations of the deformed grains affect the hardness and the nucleation potentials at the indentations. Higher hardness gives increased nucleation probabilities. Orientation relationships between nuclei developed at different indentations within one original grain are analyzed and it is found that the orientation distribution of the nuclei is far from random. It is suggested that it relates to the orientations present near the indentation tips which in turn depend on the orientation of the selected grain in which they form. Finally, possible nucleation mechanisms are briefly discussed.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalMetallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science
    Volume47A
    Issue number12
    Pages (from-to)5863-5870
    Number of pages8
    ISSN1073-5623
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016

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