Activation volume and density of mobile dislocations in plastically deforming nanocrystalline Ni

  • Y. M. Wang
  • , A. V. Hamza
  • , E. Ma

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Abstract

We report the analysis of repeated transients to monitor the coupled evolution of dislocation velocity and mobile dislocation density in plastically deforming nanocrystalline Ni. The stress relaxation series allowed the determination of the physical activation volume, indicating a rate-controlling mechanism different from that in coarse-grained Ni. The mobile dislocation exhaustion observed is correlated with the unusually high apparent work-hardening rate during the early stage of straining.

Original languageEnglish
Article number241917
Pages (from-to)1-3
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume86
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 Jun 2005
Externally publishedYes

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