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Fracture Toughness and Internal Friction of GlidCop®Al-25 Alloy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

S. Tähtinen
Affiliation:
VTT Manufacturing Technology, P.O. Box 1704, FIN-02044, Finland
M. Pyykkönen
Affiliation:
VTT Manufacturing Technology, P.O. Box 1704, FIN-02044, Finland
S. Smuk
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Engineering Materials, Helsinki University of Technology, P.O. Box 4200, FIN-02015 HUT, Finland
H. Hänninen
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Engineering Materials, Helsinki University of Technology, P.O. Box 4200, FIN-02015 HUT, Finland
Y. Jagodzinski
Affiliation:
Institute for Metal Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Vernadski blvd. 36, 252142, Kiev, Ukraine
O. Tarasenko
Affiliation:
Institute for Metal Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Vernadski blvd. 36, 252142, Kiev, Ukraine
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Abstract

Fracture toughness was found to decrease rapidly with increasing temperature in dispersionstrengthened GlidCop®Al-25 copper alloy both in the as-supplied condition and neutron irradiated to a dose of 0.3 dpa. Internal friction study revealed two-component peak. Grain-boundary sliding was recognized to be responsible for the low-temperature component of the peak, which disappears after irradiation and restores after the heating above 900 K. This points out that the changes in the particle — grain boundary interaction, apparently, due to the defects at the interfaces produced by irradiation are responsible for the drop of fracture toughness in A125 alloy.

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Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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