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nv = nbulk e [ –{(Qv)/kT}]
nv: equilibrium no. of vacancies in bulk crystal
nbulk: total no. of atom/lattice sites in bulk crystals.
Qv: energy required for formation
of a vacancy,
k: Boltzmann’s constant,
[1.38 x 10-23 J/atom-K, or,
8.62 x 10-5 eV/atom-K
T: Absolute Temperature in Kelvin.
PROBLEM: Calculate the equilibrium number of vacancies per cubic meter for Cu
at 10000C. Qv: 0.9 eV/atom. For Cu, (at 10000C) the atomic weight: 63.5 g/mol and
density: 8.4 g/cc.
IMPERFECTIONS IN SOLIDS cont.
Point defects cont.:
PROBLEM: Calculate the equilibrium number of vacancies per cubic meter
for Cu at 10000C. Qv: 0.9 eV/atom. For Cu, (at 10000C) the atomic weight: 63.5
g/mol and density: 8.4 g/cc.
Solution:
First, nbulk is to be calculated from density, atomic number and
Avogadro’s number: [{(6.023x1023 atoms/mol)(8.4 g/cc)(106 cc/m3)} /
(63.5 g/mol)]
= 8.0 x 1028 atoms/m3
Values of ns/N
T/K ∆Hs = 5 x 10-19 J ∆Hs = 1 x 10-19 J
4: Valences: Other factors being equal, a solvent metal will have more
tendency to dissolve a solute metal of higher valency.
IMPERFECTIONS IN SOLIDS cont.
Point defects cont.: Impurities in solids cont.:
Ex: Substitutional: Copper and Nickel; (a) atomic radii:0.128
and 0.125 nm, (b) both FCC, (c) electronegativities: 1.9
and 1.8 and (d) valency +1 or +2 for Cu and +2 for Ni
IMPERFECTIONS IN SOLIDS cont.
Point defects cont.: Impurities in solids cont.:
A B
Even though a dislocation changes direction and nature within a crustal, the
Burgers vector will remain the same at all points in the line.
For metallic materials, the Burgers vector for a dislocation will point in a
closed-packed crystallographic direction and will be of magnitude equal
to the inter-atomic spacing.
IMPERFECTIONS IN SOLIDS cont.
MISCILLANEOUS IMPERFECTIONS cont.:
Dislocations – Linear defects cont.:
Comparison of (a) Edge dislocation and (b) Screw dislocation:
Edge Dislocation Screw Dislocation
Arise due to introduction or Arise due to partial slipping of section
elimination of an extra row of atoms of crystal plane, where planes of atoms
are transformed into surface of helix of
screw
Tensile, compressive or shear stress Only shear stress field is present
field may be present
Lattice disturbance extends along an Lattice disturbance extends into two
edge inside crystal separate planes at right angles to each
other
Burger’s vector is always Burger’s vector is parallel to
perpendicular to dislocation line dislocation line
Dislocations can climb and glide Dislocation can only glide
Force required is less as compared to Force required is more as compared to
that for screw dislocation that of edge dislocation
Dislocation Energy per unit length
𝐺𝑏2
𝑈=
2
Forces on dislocation:
Force on dislocation is always defined as force
F (per unit length) = t b, where t is shear stress
𝐺𝑏
𝜏≈
2𝑅
𝐺𝑏2
𝐹𝑟 =
2𝜋𝑟
The force is attractive for dislocation of opposite sign and repulsive for same sign
Force between two parallel edge dislocations
𝐺𝑏2 𝑥 (𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 )
𝐹𝑥 =
2𝜋 1 − 𝜗 (𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 )2
𝑔𝑏2
𝑑=
2𝜋 (1 − 𝜗)𝛾
Ud = Um + Uv
Ud = the Activation energy for self diffusion
The energy of dislocation is agb2 (where a is about 0.5 to 1.0), the
energy of a jog of length b2 in a dislocation of Burgers vector b1 is
Dislocati
on pile
up along Dislocati
GB on pile
up along
GB
Dislocation pileup – Frank-Read source
Dislocation moves and makes the slip traces
Dislocation interaction with particle
Slip lines due to movement of dislocations in Al alloy
IMPERFECTIONS IN SOLIDS cont.
MISCILLANEOUS IMPERFECTIONS cont.:
Dislocations – Interfacial defects: Interfacial defects are boundaries
that have two dimensions and normally separate regions of materials that have
different crystal structures and/or crystallographic orientations.
These imperfections include: (a) external surfaces, (b) grain boundaries, (c)
twin boundaries, (d) stacking faults and (e) phase boundaries.
(a) External Surfaces: One of the most obvious boundaries is the
external surface, along which the crystal structure terminates.
Surface atoms are not bonded to the maximum number of nearest
neighbors , and are therefore in a higher energy state than the atoms at
interior positions.
The bonds of these surface atoms that are not satisfied give rise to a
surface energy, expressed in units of energy per unit area (J/m2 or
erg/cm2).
To reduce this energy, materials tend to minimize the surface area
(liquid droplets becoming spherical).
Grains
Grain boundary
TWIN boundary
10μm
TEM characterization
Dislocation movement at
Twin growth twin channel
Before deformation
Dislocation Interaction in different
crystallografic direction
After deformation
IMPERFECTIONS IN SOLIDS cont.
MISCILLANEOUS IMPERFECTIONS cont.:
Dislocations – Interfacial defects cont.:
(b) Grain Boundaries:
Twins result from atomic displacement produced from (i) applied mechanical
shear forces (mechanical twins), and (ii) during annealing heat treatments
following deformation (annealing twins).
Twinning occurs on a definite crystallographic plane and in a specific
direction, both of which depend on the crystal structure. Annealing twins are
found on FCC, and mechanical twins are observed in BCC and HCP metals.
Bright field image of twin structure HRTEM image of twin structure
Partial dislocations Partially transformed twin HRTEM image
CTB
ITB
IMPERFECTIONS IN SOLIDS cont.
MISCILLANEOUS IMPERFECTIONS cont.:
Dislocations – Interfacial defects cont.:(d) Stacking faults:
Stackin
Twin Boundary g
Faults
Normally, the interfacial energy will be greatest for external surfaces and
least for domain walls
IMPERFECTIONS IN SOLIDS cont.
BULK OR VOLUME DEFECTS:
Bulk defects are three dimensional in nature and include pores, cracks,
foreign inclusions and other phases. These are normally introduced
during processing and fabrication steps and are quite large in comparison
to the ones discussed so far.
For an edge, the dislocation line moves in the direction of the applied shear
stress, whereas, for a screw, the dislocation line motion is perpendicular to
the stress direction.
STRENGTHENING OF METALS cont.
Charactristics of dislocations:
Several characteristics of dislocations are important with respect to the
mechanical properties of metals. These include strain fields that exist around
dislocations, which are influential in determining the mobility of the
dislocations, as well as their ability to multiply.
When metals are plastically deformed, some fraction of the deformation energy
(~ 5%) is retained internally; the remainder is dissipated as heat. Major portion
of this stored energy is associated as strain energy with dislocations. In an edge
dislocation, the half-plane imposes lattice strains (C, T, and S) in the neighboring
atoms. C and T regions, and edge of +ve and –ve signs emerge.
STRENGTHENING OF METALS cont.
Charactristics of dislocations cont.:
For screw dislocations, lattice strains are pure shear only. These lattice strains
cause lattice distortions which may be considered as strain fields. All the
strain fields surrounding the dislocations in close proximity to one another
exert a combined influence.
Two dislocations of opposite sign and having the same slip plane will be
attracted to each other and dislocation annihilation will occur when they meet.
STRENGTHENING OF METALS cont.
Charactristics of dislocations cont.:
During plastic deformation, the number of dislocations increase dramatically
(~ 1010/mm2). One important source for these new dislocations is the existing
dislocations, which multiply. The other sources are grain boundaries, internal
defects, and surface irregularities (scratches and nicks), which act as stress
concentrations and may serve as dislocation formation sites during
deformation.
Metals with FCC or BCC crystal structures have a relatively large number of slip
systems (at least 12). These metals are quite ductile because extensive plastic
deformation is normally possible along the various systems. Conversely,
HCP metals, having few active slip systems, are normally quite brittle.
STRENGTHENING OF METALS cont.
Slip in single crystals:
Edge, screw, and mixed dislocations move in response to shear stresses
applied along a slip plane and a slip direction. Even though an applied stress
may be a pure tensile (or compressive), shear components exist at all but
parallel or perpendicular alignments to the stress direction. These are termed
resolved shear stress, and their magnitude depend not only on the applied
stress, but also on the orientation of both the slip plane and direction within
that plane.
The resolved shear stress, τR = σ cosφ cosλ
A metal single crystal has a number of different slip systems capable of operating. The
resolved shear stress differs for each one of them and there will be one where it is maximum.
STRENGTHENING OF METALS cont.
Slip in single crystals cont.:
The maximum resolved shear stress, τR (max) = σ (cosφ cosλ)max .
In response to an applied tensile or compressive stress, slip in a single crystal
commences on the most favorably oriented slip system when the resolved shear stress
reaches some critical value, termed the critical resolved shear stress, τcrss; it represents
the minimum shear stress required to initiate slip. The single crystal plastically deforms
or yields when τR (max) = τcrss, and the magnitude of the applied stress required to
initiate yielding: σy , = [τcrss /(CosφCosλ)] . The minimum stress necessary to introduce
yielding occurs when a single crystal is oriented such that φ = λ = 450, hen, σy = 2τcrss
Twinning occurs on a definite crystallographic plane and in a specific direction that depend
on crystal structure. Ex: BCC: twin plane (112), twin direction [111]; FCC: (111) & [11-2].
STRENGTHENING OF METALS cont.
Deformation by twinning cont.:
Slip and twinning processes differ from one another in various ways:
For slip, the crystallographic orientations above and below the slip plane is the same
before and after deformation, whereas for twinning, there will be a reorientation across
the twin plane.
Slip occurs in distinct atomic spacing multiples, whereas the atomic displacement for
twinning is less than the inter-atomic separation.
Twinning with new crystallographic orientations may make slip processes favorable.
STRENGTHENING OF METALS cont.
Mechanism of strengthening in metals
It is often necessary to design alloys having high strengths yet some ductility
and toughness. Plastic deformation is related to motion of dislocations and the
ability of a metal to plastically deform depends on the ability of dislocations
to move. Reducing the mobility of dislocation strengthens the material,
whereas, enhancing motion of dislocation makes the metal easy to deform, but
softer and weaker.
STRENGTHENING OF METALS cont.
Mechanism of strengthening in metals cont.
Virtually all strengthening techniques rely on the simple principle: restricting
and hindering dislocation motion renders a material harder and stronger. The
methods of strengthening of metals are: by grain size reduction, solid-solution
alloying, and strain hardening.
STRENGTHENING OF METALS cont.
Strengthening by grain size reduction
The size of the grains, or average grain diameter, in a polycrystalline metal
influences the mechanical properties. Different grains are separated by grain
boundaries. These grain boundaries act as a barrier to motion of dislocation
for the following reasons:
(a) Passage of dislocation from one grain to another is hindered because the
grains have different crystallographic orientations and the dislocation is to
change direction to pass though which is difficult,
(b) The atomic disorder within a grain boundary region will result in a
discontinuity of slip planes from one grain into the other.
(i) Small-angle grain boundaries are not effective in blocking the slip motion. (ii) Twin
boundaries will effectively block slip and increase the strength of the material. (iii)
Boundaries between two different phases (complex alloys) can effectively block slip.
STRENGTHENING OF METALS cont.
Strengthening by grain size reduction cont.
A fine-grained material is harder and stronger than one that is coarse grained,
since the former has a greater total grain boundary area to impede dislocation
motion. For many materials, the yield strength, σy, varies with grain size
according to: (σ0 and k are constants for specific materials)
(Hall-Petch equation)
Grain size may be regulated by the rate of solidification from the liquid phase, and
also by plastic deformation followed by an appropriate heat treatment. It should also
be mentioned that grain size reduction improves not only strength, but also the
toughness of many alloys.
STRENGTHENING OF METALS cont.
Solid-solution strengthening
Impurity atoms, either substitutional or interstitial solid solutions, also
strengthen and harden the metal which is known as solid-solution hardening.
STRENGTHENING OF METALS cont.
Solid-solution strengthening cont.
The resistance to slip is greater when impurity atoms are present because the
overall lattice strain must increase if a dislocation is torn away from them.
Further, the same lattice strain interaction existing between the impurity
atom and dislocation (figure below) will exist during motion and hence higher
stress is needed to initiate and move the dislocation.
Compressive
lattice strain
For steel, brass, and copper yield and tensile stress increase with cold work. The
price for this enhancement of hardness and strength is in the ductility of the metal.
STRENGTHENING OF METALS cont.
Strain hardening cont.
The dislocation density in a metal increases with deformation or cold work, due to
dislocation multiplication or the formation of new dislocations. Consequently, the average
distance of separation between dislocations decreases – the dislocations are positioned
closer together. On the average, dislocation – dislocation strain interaction are repulsive. The
net result is that the motion of a dislocation is hindered by the presence of other
dislocations.
Recovery
During recovery, some of the stored internal strain energy is relieved by virtue of
dislocation motion (in the absence of an externally applied stress), as a result of
enhanced atomic diffusion at the elevated temperature. There is some reduction in the
number of dislocations, and dislocation configurations are produced having low strain
energies. In addition, physical properties such as electrical and thermal conductivities
are recovered to their pre-cold-worked states.
Recovery, recrystallization & grain growth
Plastically deformation of metals produces change in grain shape, strain
hardening, and an increase in dislocation density. Some fraction of energy
expended in deformation is the metal as strain energy which is associated
to dislocation density
Recovery
- Relieve of some of the stored internal strain energy by dislocation
motion – atomic diffusion at the elevated temperature
- Reduction of dislocation density and dislocation configurations
Recrystallization
- Formation of new set of strain-free and equiaxed grains
- Driving force – difference in internal energy between the strained and
unstrained material
- Metals become softer, weaker and ductile
- Recrystallization temperature typically (0.3-0.5) Tm
- Min. cold work (5-15%), otherwise no recrystallization
Grain growth
- Strain free grains continue to grow by migration of grain boundaries
- Grain size increases, total boundary area decrease
- Driving force-energy associated with grain boundaries
Static and dynamic recrystallization
Recrystallization
• Dynamically – during deformation (e.g., roll gap during hot rolling
Dislocation structure changes during recovery – random dislocation tangles through cell
structures to subgrains
• Even after recovery is complete, the grains are still in a relatively high
strain energy state.
• Recrystallization is the formation of a new set of strain-free and
equiaxed grains that have low dislocation densities (pre-cold work
state).
• The driving force to produce the new grain structure is the internal
energy difference between strained and unstrained material.
• The new grains form as very small nuclei and grow until they
consume the parent material.
• Recrystallization temperature is 1/3 <Tm <1/2.
Grain Growth
- Recrystallization occurs
without much prior
recovery
At intermediate T
Callister and Rethwisch, Fund. Mater. Sci. Eng., 3rd ed, John-Wiley,
Influence of grain size on yield strength
• Grain boundaries are barriers to slip.
Hall-Petch relationship
𝝈𝒚 = 𝝈𝟎 + 𝒌𝒚 𝒅−𝟏/𝟐
Callister and Rethwisch, Fund. Mater. Sci. Eng., 3rd ed, John-Wiley,
Plastic deformation of Aluminum
Boundary motion is just the short range diffusion of atoms from one side of the
boundary to the other; the direction of boundary movement and atomic motion are
opposite to each other.
STRENGTHENING OF METALS cont.
Grain-growth cont.
Grain size depends on time and temperature. For many poly-crystalline materials, the
grain diameter, d, varies with time t according to the relationship:
dn - d0n = Kt
where, d0 is the initial grain diameter at t = 0, and K and n are time-independent
constants; the value of n is generally equal to or greater than 2.
Modulus of elasticity is
proportional to the slope of
the inter-atomic force –
separation (r) curve at the
equilibrium spacing:
E = ∞ (dF/dr)r0
Range of yield strength for metals: 35 MPa for low strength Al to 1400 MPa
for high strength steels
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES cont.
TENSILE PROPERTIES – Tensile strength
The highest stress at the engineering stress-strain curve is the tensile
strength. All deformation till this point is uniform throughout the
narrow section of the specimen. At maximum stress a constriction or
neck appears to form at some point; subsequent deformation is
confined at the neck. This phenomenon is called ‘necking’ and
ultimately fracture occurs at the neck; this stress is fracture strength.
Range of tensile strength for metals: 50 MPa for low strength Al to 3000 MPa
for high strength steels. For design purpose the yield strength is used.
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES cont.
TENSILE PROPERTIES – Ductility
Ductility is another important mechanical property. It is a measure of
the degree of plastic deformation that has been sustained at fracture. The
material that experiences very little or no plastic deformation on
fracture is termed brittle; and the one that sustains higher degree of
deformation is called ductile.
Thus, resilient materials are those having high yield strengths and low moduli
of elasticity; such alloys would be used in spring applications.
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES cont.
TENSILE PROPERTIES – Toughness
Toughness is a mechanical term that is used in several contexts;
loosely speaking, it is a measure of the ability of a material to
absorb energy up to fracture. For the static situation (low strain rate)
situation, it is the area under σ – ε curve up to the point of fracture.
For a material to be tough, it must display both strength and ductility; and
often, ductile materials are tougher than brittle materials even though the
later may have higher yield and tensile strengths.
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES cont.
TENSILE PROPERTIES – Toughness cont.
For the dynamic loading (high strain rate) situation, and when a notch
is present, notch toughness is assessed by using an impact test.
When the load is reapplied the curve will take back the same unloading path
and there will also be an elastic recovery associated with fracture.
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES cont.
Compressive, Shear and torsional deformation:
Metals may experience plastic deformation under the influence of applied
compressive, shear, and torsional loads. The resulting stress-strain behaviour
into the plastic region (yielding and the associated curvature) will be similar to
the tensile counterpart.
For compression, there will be no maximum, since necking does not occur;
furthermore, the mode of fracture will be different
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES cont.
Johann Bauschinger (1834 – 1893 )
Bauschinger Effect: was professor of Engineering
Mechanics at Munich Polytechnic.
(1) First, local back stresses may be present (at the piled-up dislocations at grain
boundaries and around strong precipitates) which may assist the movement of
dislocations in the reverse direction easily making σy lower).
(2) Second, when the strain direction is reversed, dislocations of opposite sign can
be produced by the same source that produced the slip – causing dislocations in
the initial direction; with opposite signs can attract and annihilate each other.
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES cont.
HARDNESS:
Another important mechanical property is HARDNESS, which is a measure of
a material’s resistance to localised deformation (a small dent or a scratch). The
hardness scale/tests are: (a) Mohs Hardness Scale, (b) Rockwell Hardness test,
(c) Brinell Hardness Test, (d) KNOOP and (e) Vickers Hardness Scales.
There are also other hardness tests such as (f) ultrasonic micro-hardness, (g)
dynamic (Scleroscope), (h) durometer (for plastics), and scratch hardness test
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES cont.
HARDNESS cont.
Details about the following tests (b) Rockwell Hardness test, (c) Brinell
Hardness Test, (d) KNOOP and (e) Vickers Hardness Scales are given below.
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES cont.
HARDNESS cont.
Details about the following tests (b) Rockwell Hardness test, (c) Brinell
Hardness Test, and some others are given below.
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES cont.
HARDNESS cont.
(a) Rockwell Hardness Scales, and (b), Hardness Conversion Table are given
below.
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES cont.
Correlation between hardness and tensile strength
Both tensile strength and hardness are indicators of a metal’s resistance to
plastic deformation. Consequently, they are roughly proportional. Following
figure shows the proportionality for cast iron, steel, and brass.
As a thumb rule for most steels, the HB and the tensile strength are related as:
TS(MPa) = 3.45 x HB, or, TS(psi) = 500 x HB
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES cont.
Effect of temperature on hardness and tensile strength
Temperature has an effect on hardness as well as strength of the metals.
Variation in test results for many specimens of the same material is a normal
phenomenon. Designers should take the average value (also note the ± deviations).
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES cont.
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MECHANICAL PROPERTIES cont.
DESIGN/SAFETY FACTORS
Uncertainty is always associated with the characteristics of the engineering
materials as well as their measured values ; and also with the estimated stress
levels for in-service applications. Therefore, design allowance is a most. There
are two ways this can be achieved.
One way: a design stress, σd is estimated by multiplying the calculated stress,
σc with a design factor, N’: σd = σc x N’.
The other way: a safe stress or working stress, σw is used instead of design
stress. The safe stress is based on the yield strength of the material and is
defined as the yield strength, σy divided by a factor of safety, N:
σw = σy/N.
Use of the design stress is usually preferred.