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DISLOCATIONS AND
STRENGTHENING MECHANISMS
IE-114 Materials Science and General Chemistry
Lecture-7
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Typical Stress-Strain Curve of Non-Ferrous Alloys (Al, Cu, etc..)
Stress-Strain Curves
Plastic deformation is accomplished by means of a process called SLIP. (motion of dislocation)
Yield point y
) : Point at which dislocations start moving (plastic deformation)
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Dislocations
Linear crystalline defects around which there is atomic misalignment
Edge Dislocation
Mixed Dislocation
crew Dislocation
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Characteristics of Edge Dislocations
There are lattice strains around the dislocation line
Compressive strains above the line (where the atoms are squeezed together)
Tensile strains below the line (where the atoms are pulled apart)
Introduced during solidification, plastic deformation and by thermal stresses
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Dislocation Motion
Upon application of shear stresses extra half plane moves from left to right by successive and repeated breaking of bonds.
Shear stress () is needed for dislocation motionDislocations move in a preferred plane (the most dense atomic packing)
and directions (the highest linear density)
F
F F
F
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Slip Systems
Slip plane is that having the most dense atomic packing, that is, has the
greatest planar density
Slip directioncorresponds to the direction, in this plane, that is most closely
packed with atoms, that is, has the highest linear density.
Slip System: the combination of slip plane and slip direction
Slip is favored on close-packed planes since a lower shear stress for atomic
displacement is required. Moreover, slip occurs in close packed directions since
less energy is required to move atoms in these directions
The process by which plastic deformation is produced by dislocation motionis termedSLIP.
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Example:For FCC metals, slip occurs in {111} planes and directions
Slip Systems in Some Crystals
Slip SystemsCrystal Structure Number of Slip Systems
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Ductility at room temperature:
FCC > BCC > HCP
Metals having highest number of slip systems are quite ductile because
extensive plastic deformation is normally possible along the various systems.
Ductility vs. Number of Slip Systems
Not all of these are
operative at room
temperature
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Slip(process of dislocation motion) begins when shear stress ()
on the slip plane in the slip direction reaches a critical value (c).
Stress required to cause slip in single crystals depends on;
1) Crystal Structure (BCC, FCC, HCP,..)
2) Atomic bonding characteristics
3) Temperature of deformation
4) Orientation of the active slip planes with respect to the shear stress
Shear stress is required for plastic deformation
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Slip in Single Crystal Schmids Law)
:the angle between the normal to the slip
plane and the applied stress direction
: the angle between applied stress and slip
direction
R: Resolved shear stress
R
=
Cos
Cos
During tension, although, applied stress may be pure tensile, shear components
exist in materials. These are termed resolved shear stress
R
)
Schmids Law
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One slip system which is oriented most favorably, has the largest resolved shear stress
Critical Resolved Shear Stress, crss
Slip (dislocation movement) in a single crystal starts on the most favorably oriented slip
system when the resolved shear stress reaches some critical value
R
=
max
=
crss
= y
Cos Cos)max
Max. Resolved Shear Stress,
max
Yielding Criteria in Single Crystals
Resolved Shear Stress on different slip systems
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Slip Bands andSlip Planes in Single Crystals
Step markings on the surface; SLIP BANDS
Formation of Slip Bands in FCC metals
SLIP LINES
In FCC metals, slip occurs on many slip planes
within the slipbands
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The direction of slip varies from one grain to another as a result of random
crystallographic orientations grains.
Slip lines
Plastic Deformation of Polycrystalline Materials
Plastic deformation of a polycrystalline
specimen corresponds to the comparable
distortion of individual grains by means of slip.
Polycrystalline metals are stronger than their
single-crystal equivalents, which means that
greater stresses are required to initiate slip or
for yielding.
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Twinning
Plastic deformation mechanism (commonly seen in HCP metals)
A part of the atomic lattice is deformed so that it forms a mirror image of the
undeformed lattice next to it.
Twinning occurs on twin planes and in a specific direction; twin direction
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Differences Between Slip and Twinning
1) In slip, the atoms on one side of the slip plane all move equal distances,
whereas in twinning the atoms move distances proportional to their distance
from the twinning plane.
2) Slip leaves a series of steps (lines), whereas twinning leaves small but well-
defined regions of the crystal deformed.
Deformation twins in unalloyed titanium
Slip Twinning
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Twinning involves a small fraction of the total volume of the metal crystal, so
that amount of deformation is small
Lattice orientation changes that are caused by twinning may place newslip systems into favorable orientation with respect to the shear stress
and thus enable additional slip to occur
Twinning is most important for the HCP structure because of its small
number of slip systems
Deformation Twinning occurs in;
HCP metals (Zn, Mg, Ti) at room temperature
BCC metals (Fe, Mo, W, Ta) at very low temperatures
Some BCC metals at room temp. at very high strain rates
The FCC metals show the least tendency to form deformation twins
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Plastic deformation corresponds to the motion of large numbers of dislocations.Therefore strengthening of metals relies on this simple principle:
Restricting or hindering dislocation motion renders a material harderand stronger.
The strengthening mechanisms for a single phase metals :
1) Solid solution alloying
2) Strain hardening
3) Precipitation hardening
4) Grain size reduction
Strengthening Mechanisms of Metals
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1) Solid Solution Strengthening Alloying the metals with impurity atoms, which is solid solution (interstitial or
substitutional).
High purity metals are always softer and weaker than alloys composed of the
same base metal. This is because the impurity atoms that go into solid solution
impose lattice strains on the surrounding host atoms. Lattice strain between
dislocations and impurity atoms result and dislocation movement is restricted.
Smaller substitutionalimpurity Larger substitutionalimpurity
Impurity generates local shear at A and B that opposes
disl motion to the right.
Impurity generates local shear at C and D that opposes
disl motion to the right.
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INTERSTITIAL SOLID SOLUTION
SUBSTITUTIONAL SOLID SOLUTION
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2) Strain Work) Hardening
Strain hardening is the phenomenon whereby a ductile metal becomes harder
and stronger as it is plastically deformed at room temperature.
Ao Ad
force
die
blank
force
- Drawing
tensile
forceAo
Addie
die
- Forging - Rolling
- Extrusion
Deformation Processes:
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Result of Cold Work:
Dislocation density (rd) increases:
Undeformed sample: rd~ 103
mm/mm3
Heavily deformed sample: rd ~ 1010mm/mm3
The motion of dislocation is hindered by the presence of other
dislocations, which cause increase in strength value.
Strain hardening increases
Yield strength (y) increases.Tensile strength (TS) increases.
Ductility (%ELor %AR) decreases.
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Hard precipitates are difficult to shear.
Ex: Ceramics in metals (SiC in Iron or Aluminum).
y ~1
S
3) Precipitation Hardening
Dislocations interact with precipitates
1.5mmCuAl2precipitates
in Cu-Al alloy
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Grain boundaries are barriers to slip (dislocation motion)
Smaller grain size:more barriers to slip.
Fine grained metals are stronger, harder and tougher
yield o kyd1/ 2
4) Grain Size Reduction
oand kyare constant for a particular material
d : average grain diameter
by rate of solidification from the liquid phase
by plastic deformation followed by appropriate heat treatment.
Hall-Petch Equation
Grain size can be adjusted;
Hall-Petch Equation does not apply to;
(1) extremely coarse and extremely fine grain sizes,
(2) metals used at elevated temperatures
Effect of grain diameter (d) on yield strength:
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Grain size reduction by plastic deformation
followed by heat treatment
COLD WORKING (at room temp.) Heating to high temp.
This reheating treatment that softens a cold-worked metal is called annealing
During annealing metal structure will go through a series of changes called
(1) recovery, (2) recrystallization, (3) Grain Growth
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1) Recovery
Some fraction of the energy expended in deformation is stored in the metals
as strain energy. During recovery, some of this energy is relieved by dislocation
motion which is the result of enhanced atomic diffusion at elevated temperature.There will be reduction in the number of dislocations and new dislocation
configurations with low strain energies are produced.
Recovery of metals produces a subgrain structure with low angle grain
boundaries. This recovery process is called polygonization
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2) Recrystallization
Recrystallization is the formation of new strain-free and equiaxed grains with
low dislocation densities and they have characteristic of the precold-worked
condition.
The driving force for the formation of new grains is the difference in the internal
energy of strained and unstrained one. Recrystallization of cold-worked material
is used to refine the grain structure.
33% cold
worked
brass
New crystals
nucleate after
3 sec. at 580oC.
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Start of recrystallization Complete recrystallization
BRASS ALLOY
The temperature at which recrystallization just reaches completion in 1 h is
called recrystallization temperature.(The recrystallization temperature for the
brass alloy is about 450oC)
* 1/3-1/2 of the absolute melting temperature (K) of the metal or alloy.
X = 1 - exp(-Btn )
Johnson, Mehl, Avrami, Kolmogorov approach;
X: fraction recrystallized
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Increasing the percentage of CW enhances the rate of recrystallization anddecreases the T of recrystallization. The rate of crystallization approaches aconstant or limiting value at high deformations. This value is reported in theliterature as the T of recrystallization.
Temperature of recrystallization depends on;
the amount of prior cold work
initial grain sizecomposition or purity of the alloy.
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Recrystallization Temperature of
Some Pure Metals and Alloys
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3) Grain Growth
At longer times, larger grains consume smaller ones. Why?- Grain boundary area (and therefore energy) is reduced.
Following up recrystallization, strain free grains continue to grow at elevated
temperature.
Grain growth occurs by the migration of grain boundaries. Some of themgrow, while the others shrink. Boundary motion is just a short range
diffusion of atoms from one side to other.
Grain growth
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dn
don
Kt
elapsed time
coefficient dependent on material and T.
grain diam.
at time t.
Exponent(n) typ. ~ 2
Empirical Relation for Grain Growth:
Schematic representation of grain growth
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Dislocations are observed primarily in metals and alloys.
The process of dislocation motion is called slip. Slip occurs on planes
having highest planar density (slip plane) and in the direction which has
highest linear density (slip direction)
Particular ways to increase strength are to:
--solid solution strengthening
--precipitate strengthening--cold work
--decrease grain size
Heating (annealing) can reduce dislocation density and increase grain
size.
Summary
Strength is increased by making dislocation motion difficult.