Xudong SUN(Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
,
Northeastern University
,
Shenyang 110006
,
China)J.A. Yeomans(Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
,
University of Surrey
,
Guildford
,
Surrey GU2 5XH
,
UK)
材料科学技术（英文）
The main Iimitation to the toughening of the α-Al2O3/Ni composite is the poor bonding atthe interface. which causes the nickel particles to be pulled-out during crack propagation with-out obvious plastic deformation. A proper control of oxygen content at the Al2O3-Ni interfacecan promote wetting at the intedece, and produce a mechanically interlocked and chemically strengthened intedece, causing most of the nickel particles to be stretched to failure and to expe-rience severe plastic deformation during crack propagation in the composite. Fracture toughnesstesting using a modified double cantilever beam method with in situ observation of crack prop-agation in a scanning electron microscope shows that the composite with the strengthenedinterface has a more desirable R-curve behaviour and a higher fracture toughness value than thenormal composite.
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