Physical Review B
We reconsider and interpret the mechanical properties of the recently proposed allotrope of carbon, T-carbon [Sheng et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 155703 (2011)], using density functional theory in combination with different empirical hardness models. In contrast with the early estimation based on Gao et al.'s model, which attributes to T-carbon a high Vickers hardness of 61 GPa comparable to that of superhard cubic boron nitride (c-BN), we find that T-carbon is not a superhard material, since its Vickers hardness does not exceed 10 GPa. Besides providing clear evidence for the absence of superhardness in T-carbon, we discuss the physical reasons behind the failure of Gao et al.'s and Simunek and Vackar's (SV) models in predicting the hardness of T-carbon, residing in their improper treatment of the highly anisotropic distribution of quasi-sp(3)-like C-C hybrids. A possible remedy for the Gao et al. and SV models based on the concept of the superatom is suggested, which indeed yields a Vickers hardness of about 8 GPa.
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superhard rhenium diboride;elastic-constants;ambient-pressure;metal;borides;crystals;diamond;search;boron
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桑危郑牛樱裕桑牵粒裕桑希巍。希啤。龋伲模遥希牵牛巍。桑危模眨茫牛摹。模眨茫裕桑蹋拧。拢遥桑裕裕蹋拧。裕遥粒危樱桑裕桑希巍。桑巍。罚保罚怠。粒蹋眨停桑危眨汀。粒蹋蹋希?##2##3##4##5INVESTIGATIONOFHYDROGENINDUCEDDUCTILEBRITTLETRANSITIONIN7175ALUMINUMALLOY$R.G.Seng:B.JZhong,MG.ZengandP.Geng(DepartmentofMaterialsScierce,ScienceCollege,NorthearsternUniveisity,Shenyang110006,ChinaMaruscriptreceived4September1995inrevisedform20April1996)Abstrac:Effectsofhydrogenonthemechanicalpropertiesofdifferentlyaged7175aluminumalloyswereinvestigatedbyusingcathodicH-permeation,slowstrainratetensionandsoon.Theresultsindicatethatboththeyieldstressandthepercentagereductionofareadecreasewithincreasinghydrogenchargingtime,andthedegreeofreductiondecreasesasagingtimeincreasesforthesamehydrogenchargingtime.Keywords:hydrogeninducedductile-brittletransition,7175aluminumalloy,mechanicalproperty,cathodicH-permeation1.IntroductionForalongtimehydrogenembrittlementproblemwasthoughttobeabsentinhighstrengthaluminiumalloybecausethesolutiondegreeofhydrogeninaluminumatcommontemperatureandpressureisverysmall.However,hydrogenembrittlementphenomenonwasfoundinaluminumalloyduringtheinvestigationofstresscorrosionandcorrosionfatigue[1-5].Therehavebeenonlyafewreportsofhydrogeninducedsofteningandhardening.Inthispaper,theeffectsofhydrogenonmechanicalpropertiesof7175aluminumalloywereinvestigatedbyusingcathodicalchargingwithhydrogenandslowtensiontests.2.ExperimentalProcedureTheexperimentalmaterialwas7175aluminumalloyforgingintheformofa43mminthicknessandwithcomposition(wt%).5.41Zn,2.54Mg.1.49Cu,0.22Cr,0.1Mn.0.1Ti,0.16Fe.0.11Si,balancedbyA1.Alloyplateof1.5mminthicknesswasobtainedbyhot(465℃)andtoldrollingto83%reductioninthickness.Thelongaxisofhydrogenchargedspecimensisalongtherollingdirection.Allspecimensweresolidsolutionedat480℃for70min,followedtyimmediatequenchinginwaterandthenagedat140℃for6h(A),16h(B)and98h(C).Thetreatmentof6hiscorrespondingtotheunderagedstate.16hthefirstpeak-agedstateand98hthesecondpeak-agedstate.Thespecimenswerepolishedsuccessivelyusingemerypaperbeforehydrogencharging.Thetensilespecimenswerecathodicallychargedina2NH_2SO_4solutionwithasmallamountofAs_2O_3forpromotinghydrogenabsorption,andwithacurrentdensityof20±1mA/cm￣2atroomtemperature.ThehydrogencontentanalysiswascarriedoutonanLT-1Amodelionmassmicroprobeafterthesputteringdepthreached8nm.Theioncurrentsofhydrogenandaluminuminvariousagedstateswererecordedunderthesamecondition.ThetensiletestswereperformedonanAG-10TAmodeltestmachinewhichwascontrolledbycomputer.3.ExperimentalResultsTheratioofioncurrentstrengthofhydrogentoaluminumisrelatedtohydrogenconcentrationinhydrogenchargedspecimen.TheresultswereshowninTable1Thehydrogencontentincreaseswiththeincreaseincharingtime.Ofthethreeagedstates,theunderagedspecimenhasthehighesthydrogencontent.Theratioofyieldstrengthofhydrogenchargedandunchargedspecimenschangeswithhydrogenchargingtime,asshowninFig.1Itcanbeseenthattheyieldstrengthofhydrogenchargedspecimendecreasewithincreasinghydrogenchargingtime.Atthesamechargingtime,theyieldstressdecreasestheleastinthesecondpeak-agedstate,anddecreasesthemostintheunderagedstate.Itindicatesthattheunderagedspecimenismostsensitivetohydrogeninducedsoftening,whichisconsistentwiththeresultsofanotherhighstrengthaluminumalloy[6].TherelativechangesoftheradioofreductionofareawithhydrogenchargingtimearesummarizedinFig.2,whereΨ￣0andΨ￣Harethepercentagereductionofareaofthesamplewithoutandwithhydrogenchargingrespectively.Theradioofreductionofareareduceswhenhydrogenchargingtimeincreases,andthedecreasingdegreeofreductionofareaincreaseswithincreasingagingtime,ie,,theunderagedstateisthemostsensitivetohydrogenembrittlement.4.DiscussionItisknownfromtheresultsabovethatcathodicalchargingwithhydrogenleadstotheobviousdecreaseinthetensilestrengthandplasticityThisisbecausealargeamountofsolidsolutionhydrogenentersthespecimenintheprocessofhydrogenchargingSolidsolutionhydrogenisliabletoenterthecentreofdislocationundertheactionofdislocationtrap,henceraisingthemovabilityofdislocation.Thereforethedislocationsinhydrogenchargedspecimenmoveeasierthaninunchargedspecimen.soresultinginthereductionofyieldstrength[7].Whendislocationstartstomove,thecrystallatticeresistance(P-Nforce)whichitmustovercomeisgivenby:whereμismodulusofshear,visPoissonratio,aisspanofslipplane,bisatomspanofslipdirection.Moreover.theotherresistanceofdislocationmotionmayarisefromtheelasticinteractionofdislocation,theactionwithtreedislocationandetc.,itcanbeexpressedasfollows:whereαisconstant,XisdislocationspanSotheresistanceofdislocationmotioncanbewrittenasfollows:Becausehydrogenatomsreducetheatombondingstrengthafterhydrogencharging,shearmodulusμdecreasesandresultsinthereductionoff,therebytheyieldstressdecreases.Asthecentreofdislocationistheseriousdistortionzoneoflattice.thestresscanberelaxedafterhydrogenatomstuffing,andthesystemenergydecreases.Thusthecentreofdislocationisastrongtrapofhydrogen[8].Therefore,amovabledislocationcaptureshydrogenandmigratestograinboundaries.phaseboundariesorsurfaceofthespecimen,promotingthecrackiesformationandgrowth,thuscausingthelossofplasticity.Sincethelocalenrichmentofhydrogenisrealizedbydislocationtransporting(inthestageofdeformation),thelargerthereductionofyieldstress.theearlierarehydrogenatomstransportedtotheplaceofenrichment.Inaddition,thedamageofatombondingstrengthinducedbyhydrogenmakesthefracturestressdecrease[9]:whereCHishydrogenconcentration.σ_thisfracturestrengthbeforehydrogenchargingandisfracturestrengthafterhydrogencharging.Eq.(4)showsthatthematerialsmaybefracturedatalowerstraini.e.,brittlefractureoccurs.5.Conclusions(1)Hydrogencontentofdifferentlyagedspecimensincreaseswithincreasinghydrogenchargingtimethecapabilityofthealloytoabsorbhydrogeninunderagedstateisthestrongest.(2)Theyieldstressaswellasthepercentagereductionofareaof7175aluminumalloydecreaseashydrogenchargingtimeincreasesundervariousagedstates.(3)Underagedstateismostsensitivetohydrogeninducedsofteningandhardening.(4)Anexplanationwasofferedforthephenomenonofhydrogeninducedsofteninginthestageofdeformation,andhardeninginthestageoffracture.REFERENCES｜｜1G.KKock,Corrosion35(1979)73.2M.K.TsengandH.LMarcus,Scr.Metall.15(1981)427.3PSFao.M.GaoandR.P.Wei,Scr.Metall.19(1985)265.4R.G.SongandM.K.TsengJ.NortheasternUniversity15(1994)5(inChinese).5R.K.Viswanadham,T.S.sunandJ.A.S.Green,Metall.Trans.11A(1980)85.6J.Liu,M.KTsengandB.R.Liu.NonferrousMiningandMetallrgy5(1989)33(inChinese).7LChen,WXChen,ZHLiuandZ.Q.Hu,InFrocofthe1stNationalConfonAl-LiAlloys(Sheryang.China,1991)p.328(inChinese).8Z.HLiuL.ChenW.XChenY.X.ShaoandZ.Q.Hu,InProc.ofthe1stNationalConfonAl-LiAlloys(Shenyang,China,1991)p.334(inChinese).9R.A.OrianiandF.H.Josephic,ActaMetall.22(1974)1065.##61G.KKock,Corrosion35(1979)73.2M.K.TsengandH.LMarcus,Scr.Metall.15(1981)427.3PSFao.M.GaoandR.P.Wei,Scr.Metall.19(1985)265.4R.G.SongandM.K.TsengJ.NortheasternUniversity15(1994)5(inChinese).5R.K.Viswanadham,T.S.sunandJ.A.S.Green,Metall.Trans.11A(1980)85.6J.Liu,M.KTsengandB.R.Liu.NonferrousMiningandMetallrgy5(1989)33(inChinese).7LChen,WXChen,ZHLiuandZ.Q.Hu,InFrocofthe1stNationalConfonAl-LiAlloys(Sheryang.China,1991)p.328(inChinese).8Z.HLiuL.ChenW.XChenY.X.ShaoandZ.Q.Hu,InProc.ofthe1stNationalConfonAl-LiAlloys(Shenyang,China,1991)p.334(inChinese).9R.A.OrianiandF.H.Josephic,ActaMetall.22(1974)1065.##A##BINVESTIGATION OF HYDROGEN INDUCED DUCTILE BRITTLE TRANSITION IN 7175 ALUMINUM ALLOY$$$$R.G.Seng: B.J Zhong, MG. Zeng and P. Geng(Department of Materials Scierce, Science College,Northearstern Univeisity, Shenyang 110006, China Maruscript received 4 September 1995 in revised form 20 April 1996)Abstrac:Effects of hydrogen on the mechanical properties of differently aged 7175 aluminum alloys were investigated by using cathodic H-permeation, slow strain rate tension and so on. The results indicate that both the yield stress and the percentage reduction of area decrease with increasing hydrogen charging time, and the degree of reduction decreases as aging time increases for the same hydrogen charging time.
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:hydrogen induced ductile-brittle transition
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