Deformation-induced structural transition in body-centred cubic molybdenum

S. J. Wang, H. Wang, K. Du (), W. Zhang, M. L. Sui () and S. X. Mao
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S. J. Wang: Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
H. Wang: Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
K. Du: Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
W. Zhang: Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
M. L. Sui: Institute of Microstructure and Properties of Advanced Materials, Beijing University of Technology
S. X. Mao: University of Pittsburgh

Nature Communications, 2014, vol. 5, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract Molybdenum is a refractory metal that is stable in a body-centred cubic structure at all temperatures before melting. Plastic deformation via structural transitions has never been reported for pure molybdenum, while transformation coupled with plasticity is well known for many alloys and ceramics. Here we demonstrate a structural transformation accompanied by shear deformation from an original -oriented body-centred cubic structure to a -oriented face-centred cubic lattice, captured at crack tips during the straining of molybdenum inside a transmission electron microscope at room temperature. The face-centred cubic domains then revert into -oriented body-centred cubic domains, equivalent to a lattice rotation of 54.7°, and ~15.4% tensile strain is reached. The face-centred cubic structure appears to be a well-defined metastable state, as evidenced by scanning transmission electron microscopy and nanodiffraction, the Nishiyama–Wassermann and Kurdjumov–Sachs relationships between the face-centred cubic and body-centred cubic structures and molecular dynamics simulations. Our findings reveal a deformation mechanism for elemental metals under high-stress deformation conditions.

Date: 2014
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