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Dislocation–grain boundary interactions in martensitic steel observed through in situ nanoindentation in a transmission electron microscope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2004

T. Ohmura ,
A.M. Minor ,
E.A. Stach  and
J.W. Morris
T. Ohmura*
Affiliation:
Steel Research Center, National Institute for Materials Science, Ibaraki 304-0047, Japan
A.M. Minor
Affiliation:
National Center for Electron Microscopy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
E.A. Stach
Affiliation:
National Center for Electron Microscopy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
J.W. Morris
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California; and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Dislocation–interface interactions in Fe–0.4 wt% C tempered martensitic steel were studied through in situ nanoindentation in a transmission electron microscope (TEM). Two types of boundaries were imaged in the dislocated martensitic structure: a low-angle (probable) lath boundary and a coherent, high-angle (probable) block boundary. In the case of a low-angle grain boundary, the dislocations induced by the indenter piled up against the boundary. As the indenter penetrated further, a critical stress appeared to have been reached, and a high density of dislocations was suddenly emitted on the far side of the grain boundary into the adjacent grain. In the case of the high-angle grain boundary, the numerous dislocations that were produced by the indentation were simply absorbed into the boundary, with no indication of pileup or the transmission of strain. This surprising observation is interpreted on the basis of the crystallography of the block boundary.

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DislocationsGrain boundariesTransmission electron microscopy (TEM)
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 19 , Issue 12 , December 2004 , pp. 3626 - 3632
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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