1. On the Estimation of True Hall-Petch Constants and Their Role on the Superposition Law Exponent in Al Alloys
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Shanmugasundaram Thangaraju, Martin Heilmaier, Subramanya Sarma Vadlamani, and B.S. Murty
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Cerium alloys ,Materials science ,Strengthening mechanisms ,Condensed matter physics ,Strength values ,Metallurgy ,Superposition law ,Pure Al ,Flow stress ,Hall-petch ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Grain size ,Aluminum alloys ,Al alloys ,Superposition principle ,Lattice (order) ,Critical resolved shear stress ,Hardening (metallurgy) ,Exponent ,General Materials Science ,Grain size and shape ,Strengthening mechanisms of materials ,Grain-size strengthening ,Linear superpositions ,Grain boundary strengthening - Abstract
Hall-Petch (HP) relation and the superposition of different strengthening mechanisms in different aluminum alloys with grain sizes in the range of 50 nm-70 ?m were analyzed. HP parameters as high as ? 0 ? 200 MPa and k HP ? 0.14 MPa m 1/2 were observed when the HP relation was fitted directly using the experimentally measured yield strength values. In contrast, considering only the grain size strengthening (by subtracting other strengthening contributions), HP constants of ? 0 ? 10 MPa and k HP ? 0.06 MPa m 1/2 were obtained over wide range of grain sizes for the case of a linear superposition of the various strengthening mechanisms present. This is in excellent accord with the values obtained for pure Al justifying the chosen superposition exponent of n equal unity for the different alloys investigated. Copyright � 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH &, Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
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- 2012