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Strength, Hardening, and Failure Observed by In Situ TEM Tensile Testing
Daniel Kiener1, Petra Kaufmann, Andrew M Minor
1Department of Materials Physics, Montanuniversität Leoben, Jahnstraße 12 8700 Leoben, Austria ; National Center for Electron Microscopy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 94720 Berkeley, CA, USA.
Abstract:
We present in situ transmission electron microscope tensile tests on focused ion beam fabricated single and multiple slip oriented Cu tensile samples with thicknesses in the range of 100-200 nm. Both crystal orientations fail by localized shear. While failure occurs after a few percent plastic strain and limited hardening in the single slip case, the multiple slip samples exhibit extended homogenous deformation and necking due to the activation of multiple dislocation sources in conjunction with significant hardening. The hardening behavior at 1% plastic strain is even more pronounced compared to compression samples of the same orientation due to the absence of sample taper and the interface to the compression platen. Moreover, we show for the first time that the strain rate sensitivity of such FIB prepared samples is an order of magnitude higher than that of bulk Cu.
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