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An Explanation for the Environmental Sensitivity of Ni3Al

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

D. B. Lillig ,
D. Legzdina ,
I. M. Robertson  and
H. K. Birnbaum
D. B. Lillig
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana IL 61801.
D. Legzdina
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana IL 61801.
I. M. Robertson
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana IL 61801.
H. K. Birnbaum
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana IL 61801.
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Abstract

Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry has been used to study the distribution of elements in and near grain boundaries in boron-free and boron-doped Ni76Al24 alloys with and without ∼220 wt. ppm of deuterium. In boron-free alloys, sulfur was distributed about the grain boundaries in both deuterium- free and deuterium-charged samples. The distribution of deuterium followed that of sulfur and was segregated to grain boundaries. In the boron-doped material, sulfur was not found at most grain boundaries in the uncharged material, but was in the charged material. No deuterium was found at the grain boundaries in the boron-doped material. It is proposed that in the boron-free material it is the synergistic effect of sulfur and hydrogen that is responsible for the environmental sensitivity of this alloy. In boron-doped material, boron segregation to the grain boundary prevents sulfur, and to some extent hydrogen, segregating to the grain boundary.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 552: Symposium KK – High-Temperature Ordered Intermetallic Alloys VIII , 1998 , KK8.5.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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