Localized Deformation and Fracture of Magnesium Oxide

2009 ◽  
pp. 271-271-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
WF Adler ◽  
TW James

A study is made of the effect of the crystallographic direction of sliding on the friction of the (001) surfaces of diamond, magnesium oxide and lithium fluoride crystals. The friction shows marked anisotropy and with all the crystals it is greatest in the <100> directions and least in the <110> directions. The degree and magnitude of the anisotropy is dependent upon the shape of the slider and the ease with which it penetrates the crystal surface. Sharp sliders increase the degree of brittle failure and this leads to deeper penetration and to the removal of more material during sliding. With these crystals the depth of penetration is greater in the <100> directions then in the <110> and it is this which is primarily responsible for the frictional anisotropy. An explanation of frictional anisotropy is proposed which is based on the difference in the magnitude and distribution of resolved shear stresses during sliding in various crystallographic directions. This analysis is used to predict the effect of crystallographic orientation on the frictional behaviour when a (110) surface of magnesium oxide replaces the cube (001) surface used in the other experiments. Mechanisms of deformation and fracture associated with the friction are described. Brittle behaviour predominates in diamond crystals and only cleavage cracks are observed. Appreciable plastic flow occurs in both magnesium oxide and lithium fluoride crystals. With these crystals the initial plastic deformation leads to dislocation interactions which result in cracking and fracture along the {110} planes. These interact with cleavage cracks on {100} planes which are produced by tensile stress and cause surface fragmentation and wear of the crystal. Plastic flow is the only mode of deformation observed on (001) lithium fluoride surfaces when a very smooth blunt slider is used. This causes ‘pile-up’ of material along <110> directions (as previously observed in copper crystals) but it does not produce any appreciable anisotropy in the friction.


1974 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 1867-1874 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. S. Rosenbaum ◽  
G. F. Rieger ◽  
D. Lee

Micromachines ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Jui Chiu ◽  
Sheng-Rui Jian ◽  
Ti-Ju Liu ◽  
Phuoc Le ◽  
Jenh-Yih Juang

The indentation-induced deformation mechanisms in InP(100) single crystals were investigated by using nanoindentation and cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (XTEM) techniques. The results indicated that there were multiple “pop-in” events randomly distributed in the loading curves, which were conceived to arise primarily from the dislocation nucleation and propagation activities. An energetic estimation on the number of nanoindentation-induced dislocations associated with pop-in effects is discussed. Furthermore, the fracture patterns were performed by Vickers indentation. The fracture toughness and the fracture energy of InP(100) single crystals were calculated to be around 1.2 MPa·m1/2 and 14.1 J/m2, respectively.


Author(s):  
P. L. Burnett ◽  
W. R. Mitchell ◽  
C. L. Houck

Natural Brucite (Mg(OH)2) decomposes on heating to form magnesium oxide (MgO) having its cubic ﹛110﹜ and ﹛111﹜ planes respectively parallel to the prism and basal planes of the hexagonal brucite lattice. Although the crystal-lographic relation between the parent brucite crystal and the resulting mag-nesium oxide crystallites is well known, the exact mechanism by which the reaction proceeds is still a matter of controversy. Goodman described the decomposition as an initial shrinkage in the brucite basal plane allowing magnesium ions to shift their original sites to the required magnesium oxide positions followed by a collapse of the planes along the original <0001> direction of the brucite crystal. He noted that the (110) diffraction spots of brucite immediately shifted to the positions required for the (220) reflections of magnesium oxide. Gordon observed separate diffraction spots for the (110) brucite and (220) magnesium oxide planes. The positions of the (110) and (100) brucite never changed but only diminished in intensity while the (220) planes of magnesium shifted from a value larger than the listed ASTM d spacing to the predicted value as the decomposition progressed.


Author(s):  
T. Kizuka ◽  
N. Tanaka

Structure and stability of atomic clusters have been studied by time-resolved high-resolution electron microscopy (TRHREM). Typical examples are observations of structural fluctuation in gold (Au) clusters supported on silicon oxide films, graphtized carbon films and magnesium oxide (MgO) films. All the observations have been performed on the clusters consisted of single metal element. Structural stability of ceramics clusters, such as metal-oxide, metal-nitride and metal-carbide clusters, has not been observed by TRHREM although the clusters show anomalous structural and functional properties concerning to solid state physics and materials science.In the present study, the behavior of ceramic, magnesium oxide (MgO) clusters is for the first time observed by TRHREM at 1/60 s time resolution and at atomic resolution down to 0.2 nm.MgO and gold were subsequently deposited on sodium chloride (001) substrates. The specimens, single crystalline MgO films on which Au particles were dispersed were separated in distilled water and observed by using a 200-kV high-resolution electron microscope (JEOL, JEM2010) equipped with a high sensitive TV camera and a video tape recorder system.


Author(s):  
H. K. Birnbaum ◽  
I. M. Robertson

Studies of the effects of hydrogen environments on the deformation and fracture of fcc, bcc and hep metals and alloys have been carried out in a TEM environmental cell. The initial experiments were performed in the environmental cell of the HVEM facility at Argonne National Laboratory. More recently, a dedicated environmental cell facility has been constructed at the University of Illinois using a JEOL 4000EX and has been used for these studies. In the present paper we will describe the general design features of the JEOL environmental cell and some of the observations we have made on hydrogen effects on deformation and fracture.The JEOL environmental cell is designed to operate at 400 keV and below; in part because of the available accelerating voltage of the microscope and in part because the damage threshold of most materials is below 400 keV. The gas pressure at which chromatic aberration due to electron scattering from the gas molecules becomes excessive does not increase rapidly with with accelerating voltage making 400 keV a good choice from that point of view as well. A series of apertures were placed above and below the cell to control the pressures in various parts of the column.


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