Shock deformation twinning in molybdenum and a comparison of deformation twinning in shock-loaded BCC and FCC metals
Verbraak reported deformation twins to have been formed in shock-loaded molybdenum from observations by optical metallography. Attempts to verify the existence of deformation twins in shock-loaded molybdenum by Murr, et al. were unsuccessful at pressures ranging up to 21 GPa (210 kbars) at a constant pulse duration of 2 μs. Since the conditions under which Verbraak originally observed deformation twins were not well documented, a study was undertaken to reinvestigate the shock deformation of molybdenum in a range of pressures and pulse durations.Molybdenum sheets (0.0025 cm thick and 0.025 cm thick) were annealed to produce several grain sizes and shock loaded in molybdenum sandwiches and assemblies (spall plates and momentum traps) by impacting them with stainless steel flyer plates as outlined previously. Pressure experiments were performed at 140, 260, and 350 kbars (corrected pressure values using impedance matching techniques) at a constant pulse duration of 2 μs while two additional experiments were conducted at 260 kbars by shock loading test assemblies at pulse durations of 0.5 μs and 8 μs.