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Origin of strain softening in a nanograined Al alloy

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Luo,  Ting
Atom Probe Tomography, Microstructure Physics and Alloy Design, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max Planck Society;
State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China;

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Wu, S., Luo, T., Kou, Z., Tang, S., Yan, M., Wang, J., et al. (2023). Origin of strain softening in a nanograined Al alloy. Scripta Materialia, 226: 115235. doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2022.115235.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000C-81E4-0
Abstract
One-step and multi-step nanoindentation experiments were conducted to investigate the mechanical response of an Al-Mg-Li alloy. Opposite to the strain hardening effect observed in the coarse-grained (CG) alloy, the nanograined (NG) alloy exhibits strain softening. Compared with multi-step nanoindentation experiments, the ultralow dislocation density and the grain boundary (GB) segregation promote a higher stress level during one-step nanoindentation experiments. Residual perfect dislocations induced by a previous loading and unloading during multi-step nanoindentation experiments lower the stress required for further plastic deformation. In addition, the storage of partial dislocations also serves to render plastic flow to commence at lower stresses. This work provides new insights for the fabrication and property optimization of NG alloys.