Fracture Toughness of Two Cr2Hf+Cr Intermetallic Composites as a Function Temperature

1994 ◽  
Vol 350 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. S. Ravichandran ◽  
D. B. Miracle ◽  
M. G. Mendiratta

AbstractFracture toughness as a function of temperature was evaluated for two Cr2Hf+Cr intermetallic composites, each in two different microstructural conditions. The proeutectic microstructures based on Cr-6.5Hf (at%) showed a significant increase in fracture toughness with an increase from room temperature to 600°C. The coarse microstructure obtained by heat treatment at 1500°C showed evidence of ductile behavior of Cr at a lower test temperature (200°C) relative to that of one heat treated at 1250°C (400'C). In the eutectic microstructures based on Cr-13Hf, only a small increase in fracture toughness at 600°C was seen. The results are analyzed in the light of fracture micromechanisms.

1990 ◽  
Vol 112 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. J. Mills ◽  
L. D. Blackburn

Heat-to-heat and product-form variations in the JIC fracture toughness for Alloy 718 were characterized at 24, 427, and 538°C using the multiple-specimen JR-curve method. Six different material heats along with three product forms from one of the heats were tested in the modified heat treated condition. This heat treatment was developed at Idaho National Engineering Laboratory to improve the impact toughness for Alloy 718 weldments, but it has also been found to enhance the fracture resistance for the base metal. Statistical analysis of test results revealed four distinguishable JIC levels with mean toughness levels ranging from 87 to 190 kJ/m2 at 24°C. At 538°C, JIC values were 15 to 20 percent lower than room temperature toughness levels. Minimum expected values of JIC (ranging from 72 kJ/m2 at 24°C to 48 kJ/m2 at 538°C) and dJR/da (27 MPa at 24 to 538°C) were established based on tolerance intervals bracketing 90 percent of the lowest JIC and dJR/da populations at a 95 percent confidence level. Metallographic and fractographic examinations were performed to relate key microstructural features and operative fracture mechanisms to macroscopic properties.


2002 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-218
Author(s):  
Jeng-Shyong Lin ◽  
Sheng-Kuen Wu

In this work, the effect of heat treatment on the fracture toughness of glass fibre reinforced polypropylene was studied. Polypropylene blended with short glass fibres was injection-moulded. The moulded parts were heat treated at 150°C for 30 min. The crack growth resistance curve (R-curve) was measured to evaluate the effect of heat treatment on the fracture toughness, and to determine the stress intensity factor at the point of instability, KR(ins). The fracture surface was examined using scanning electron microscope to analyze the fracture mechanism. The results show that the stress intensity factor at the unstable fracture point KR(ins) increases with the initial crack length.


1973 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 305-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
H-J. Jahn ◽  
H-H. Bertram

Abstract The compression set (C.S.) of a vulcanizate depends on the formulation, processing, and conditions of cure. The following factors are the most important: (a) the type of elastomer, (b) the curing system, (c) the type and amount of filler, (d) the type and amount of plasticizer, (e) the type and amount of antioxidant, (f) the type of cure (press, steam, or hot air), and (g) the cure time and temperature. The present paper is intended, as far as possible, to describe these relationships quantitatively. Most tests will refer to nitrile rubber. We have modified the C.S. method described in ASTM D-395. The deviations are as follows : (1) When C.S. is plotted as a function of the duration of compression, the resulting curves rise steeply for roughly the first seven days, afterwards becoming flatter. The higher the test temperature, the steeper the curve. The ordinary compression times of 22 and 70 h still correspond to the steep part of the C.S. curve; here relatively small inaccuracies in the compression time and test temperature bring large errors in the C.S. readings. Therefore, to improve the correlation between C.S. readings and field behavior the test was extended to seven days in most cases. Longer test times would have been experimentally impractical. (2) As a rule, only C.S. figures relating to 20°, 70°, and 100° C are found in the literature, so test temperatures were extended to include practical conditions. Generally, therefore, C.S. readings were taken at twelve different temperatures ranging from −60° C to +160° C. (3) According to the standards the test pieces should be cooled to room temperature after removal of the load and before the recovery measurement is carried out. Only ASTM D-1229-62 requires the remeasurement to be taken at the load temperature. This ensures accurate measurements of the C.S. at low temperatures. In our tests this was done in every case because at high temperature the C.S. readings are lower since (1) many elastomers recover better at elevated temperatures than at room temperature and (2) the thermal expansion of the test piece can be measured in addition to the recovery. Nevertheless, the differences between remeasurements taken at room temperature and the test temperature are small if the test temperature is fairly high. Where lower test temperatures are used, the remeasurement should always be taken at test temperature if useful results are to be obtained. In all the tests the time allowed for recovery between removal of the load and the remeasurement was thirty min.


1986 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. W. Coyle ◽  
R. P. Ingel ◽  
P. A. Willging

ABSTRACTThe flexural strength and the single edge notch beam fracture toughness of undoped ZrO2 crystals, grown by the skull melting technique, were examined from room temperature to 1400°C. On heating the toughness increased with test temperature to a maximum of 4.0 MPajm at 1225°C then gradually decreased to 2.6 MPa/m. Upon cooling after a 20 minute hold at 1250°C an increase in toughness to 5 MPa/m was observed at 1200°C; upon cooling to lower temperatures Kic gradually diminished. The loaddeflection curves for the flexural strength tests showed marked nonlinearity before failure for samples tested on cooling. The temperature dependence of the apparent yield stress suggests that initial yielding occurs by slip above 1200°C but that from 1200°C to 1050°C the observed yielding is due to stress induced tetragonal to monoclinic transformation.


1992 ◽  
Vol 262 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Suezawa ◽  
A. Kasuya ◽  
Y. Nishina ◽  
K. Sumino

ABSTRACTHighly officient radiative recombination even at room temperature was found at a wavelength of about 1.3 μm in heat-treated Si-doped GaAs. The range of Si concentrations and the condition of heat-treatment to yield this intense luminescence were determined. Excitation spectra of the PL lines suggest that such PL lines are related to pairs of Si-donor and Si- acceptor and such pairs combined with gallium vacancies.


2007 ◽  
Vol 26-28 ◽  
pp. 189-192
Author(s):  
Tae Kwon Ha ◽  
Jae Young Jung

Ti-45.5Al-2Cr-4Nb-0.4B alloy was cast by vacuum arc melting at high purity Ar atmosphere using high purity sponge Ti, granular Al (99.99%), flake Nb (99.9%), lump Cr (99.9%) and TiB2 (99.5%) and subsequently heat-treated to obtain a couple of microstructures, i.e. lamellar and near γ. The heat treatment consisted of annealing at a high temperature (1200 ~ 1330oC) of different phase fields for 24 hrs and stabilizing at 900oC for 4 hrs followed by air cooling. Fracture toughness was measured on the specimens with different microstructures at room temperature. The value of KQ of specimen with fully lamella structure was obtained as 18.68 MPa √m, much higher than that of specimen with near γ structure (11.84 MPa √m). It was also revealed that the KQ value was decreased as the annealing temperature decreased.


Author(s):  
П.А. Иванов ◽  
А.С. Потапов ◽  
М.Ф. Кудояров ◽  
М.А. Козловский ◽  
Т.П. Самсонова

AbstractIrradiation of crystalline n -type silicon carbide ( n -SiC) with high-energy (53-MeV) argon ions was used to create near-surface semi-insulating ( i -SiC) layers. The influence of subsequent heat treatment on the electrical characteristics of i -SiC layers has been studied. The most high-ohmic ion-irradiated i -SiC layers with room-temperature resistivity of no less than 1.6 × 10^13 Ω cm were obtained upon the heat treatment at 600°C, whereas the resistivity of such layers heat-treated at 230°C was about 5 × 10^7 Ω cm.


Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (20) ◽  
pp. 4481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izabela Constantinoiu ◽  
Cristian Viespe

Regarding the use of hydrogen as a fuel, it is necessary to measure its concentration in air at room temperature. In this paper, sensitive composite films have been developed for surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensors, using quantum dots (QDs) and polymers. Si/SiO2 QDs were used due to having a high specific surface area, which considerably improves the sensitivity of the sensors compared to those that only have a polymer. Si/SiO2 QDs were obtained by laser ablation and analyzed by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Two types of polymers were used: polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA). Polymer and polymer with QDs compositions were deposited on the sensor substrate by drop casting. A heat treatment was performed on the films at 80 °C with a thermal dwell of two hours. The sensors obtained were tested at different hydrogen concentrations at room temperature. A limit of detection (LOD) of 452 ppm was obtained by the sensor with PDMS and Si/SiO2 QDs, which was heat treated. The results demonstrated the potential of using QDs to improve the sensitivity of the SAW sensors and to achieve a heat treatment that increases its adsorption capacity of the gas molecules.


Author(s):  
R. Padmanabhan ◽  
W. E. Wood

Utilization of high austenitization temperatures to improve fracture toughness of UHSLA steels at similar strength levels has received considerable interest. However, these heat treatments result in reduced ductility and impact toughness. This inverse response of impact and plane strain fracture toughness is essentially due to microstructural effects and it is possible to achieve simultaneous improvements in all these properties through controlled variations in the microstructure.A vacuum remelted Si-modified 4340 steel was chosen for this study under three heat treated conditions, viz., conventional, high temperature and step with austenitization temperatures of 1143 K (1 hr), 1473 K (1 hr) and 1473 K (1 hr) furnace cooled to 1143 K (5 min), respectively. All samples were quenched in oil and tempered at 553 K (1 hr). A modified conventional heat treatment was also designed to achieve a desired microstructure with a 1143 K (1 hr) austenitization, a 923 K (1 hr) intermediate temper (after oil quenching), a 1123 K (3 min) reaustenitization and a final 553 K (1 hr) temper (after requenching) steps.


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