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Temperature Effects on the Strength and Toughness of Be12Nb

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Stephen M. Bruemmer ,
Bruce W. Arey ,
Rodney E. Jacobson  and
Charles H. Henager Jr.
Stephen M. Bruemmer
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA
Bruce W. Arey
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA
Rodney E. Jacobson
Affiliation:
Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Charles H. Henager Jr.
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA
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Abstract

Strength and toughness of single-phase Be12Nb have been assessed at temperatures from ambient to 1200°C using four-point-bend and hardness tests. Vacuum-hot-pressed beryllide exhibits low bend strengths (∼110 MPa) and fracture toughnesses (∼2.5 MPa√m) at temperatures up to 500C. Measured bend strength then increases to a maximum at 1000°C, while KlC slowly increases through 1100 C. Significant plastic deformation is only observed at 1200 C for the test strain rate of 2×10−6/s. Hardness values were found to remain relatively constant at temperatures up to 800 C and then sharply decrease at higher temperatures. Results indicate that low toughness limits bend strength at temperatures below ∼1000 C and prompts the observed increase in strength at high temperatures.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 213: Symposium Q – High-Temperature Ordered Intermetallic Alloys IV , 1990 , 475
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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