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Solid-solution strengthening in Ni-C alloys

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Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, (1971)
DOI: 10.1007/BF02663332

Abstract

Pure nickel and Ni-C solid-solution alloys of various grain sizes (ASTM no. 2 to 10), with eight different carbon concentrations in the range 0.008 to 0.304 wt pct, were strained in tension between 4� and 474�K at a strain rate of 8.3 � 10−5per sec. The critical resolved shear stress (CRSS) was independent of temperature in the range 200� to 474� K (athermal region). Below 200�K, the CRSS increased sharply with decreasing temperature, the increase being larger for alloys of high carbon concentration. Both the temperature-dependent and the athermal alloy hardening were found to be linear functions of carbon concentration. The strain-rate sensitivities of flow stress of alloys did not change with strain and were larger for alloys of higher carbon concentrations. The Hall-Petch relation was used to calculate the CRSS of Ni-C single crystals, Τ0 f, so that the data can be compared with existing alloy hardening theories. The data are compatible with the solid-solution theory of Friedel in which the hardening is attributed to both elastic and electrical interactions between dislocation cores and solute atoms.

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