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Miniaturized Disk-Bend Testing of Ni3 Al: Effect of Stoichiometry and Boron Content

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

H. Li  and
A. J. Ardell
H. Li
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024
A. J. Ardell
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024
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Abstract

The results of miniaturized disk-bend tests on samples of Ni 3Al of different stoichiometry and boron content are presented. The yield strengths and ductilities of alloys containing 24, 25 or 26 %Al. either boron-free or doped with 0.3 or 0.35 %B, were measured. Specimens 3 mm in diameter and approximately 200 μm thick were tested, some of these having been cut from the grip sections of previously tested tensile bars. The yield strengths were in excellent agreement with the results obtained from the uniaxial tensile tests. The load-displacement curves for the brittle alloys (all but the boron-doped 24 %Al alloy) exhibited a maximum load corresponding to crack initiation. The shapes of the deformed specimens confirmed the assumption that they deform as if they were clamped even though they are not. The fracture surfaces of the brittle alloys are consistent with intergranular failure. Nevertheless, the ductility of the alloys increases with decreasing Al content and decreasing grain size, even for the boron-free alloys which are all brittle. The fracture stress of the boron-doped 26 %Al alloy is about 30% greater than that of the boron-free alloy. It is argued that this is most likely a consequence of the depletion of aluminum at grain boundaries, coupled with boron segregation. Independent evidence suggests that this should increase the cohesive strength of grain boundaries in the boron-doped 26 %Al alloy.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 213: Symposium Q – High-Temperature Ordered Intermetallic Alloys IV , 1990 , 757
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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