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In situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Tensile Tests of a Peak- to Overaged γ′-strengthened Nickel Base Alloy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2005

Dietmar Baither ,
Volker Mohles  and
Eckhard Nembach
Dietmar Baither*
Affiliation:
Institut für Materialphysik, Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
Volker Mohles
Affiliation:
Institut für Metallkunde und Metallphysik, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
Eckhard Nembach
Affiliation:
Institut für Materialphysik, Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: baither@uni-muenster.de
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Abstract

The commercial nickel base alloy NIMONIC PE16 is strengthened by nano-scale spherical coherent precipitates of the intermetallic γ′-phase Ni3(Al,Ti). A bulk polycrystalline specimen of NIMONIC PE16 was aged such that it was in the transition range from the peak- to the overaged state. This transition limits the duration of technically useful aging treatments of structural particle strengthened materials. Thin foils prepared from this specimen were stretched inside a transmission electron microscope, and the dislocation processes were observed under full load. Two dislocations with identical Burgers vectors of the type 1/2〈110〉 form a pair and glide together. The leading 1/2〈110〉 dislocation bypasses the γ′-precipitates and the trailing one shears them. These dislocation processes are also discussed with reference to the results of computer simulations.

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Computer simulationMechanical propertiesTransmission electron microscopy (TEM)
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 20 , Issue 7 , July 2005 , pp. 1722 - 1727
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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