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Hardness and Abrasion Resistance of Nanocrystalline Nickel Alloys Near the Hall-Petch Breakdown Regime

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

Christopher A. Schuh  and
T. G. Nieh
Christopher A. Schuh
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 8–211, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
T. G. Nieh
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Technology Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 7000 East Avenue, L-350, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
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Abstract

The breakdown of classical Hall-Petch scaling remains an area of scientific interest, and will govern the limiting strength of nanocrystalline alloys for structural applications. In this work we discuss the hardness and scratch resistance of nanocrystalline nickel and nickel-tungsten solid solution alloys, assessed through nanoindentation and nano-scratch techniques. The materials have been prepared by electrodeposition, and are fully dense with grain sizes between 6 and 22 nm. In this range of grain sizes, there is some evidence for a breakdown of Hall-Petch scaling, reflected in both the hardness and abrasion data. The role of solid solution alloying on this breakdown is also discussed.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 740: Symposium I – Nanomaterials for Structural Applications , 2002 , I1.8
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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