Thermal stability and deformability of annealed nanotwinned Al/Ti multilayers

  • Y. F. Zhang
  • , R. Su
  • , T. J. Niu
  • , N. A. Richter
  • , S. Xue
  • , Q. Li
  • , Jie Ding
  • , Bo Yang
  • , H. Wang
  • , X. Zhang

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Abstract

Recent studies showed that nanotwinned Al/Ti multilayers have outstanding mechanical properties at room temperature. However, the thermal stability of these multilayers remains unclear. Here, we show that after annealing at 400 °C, nanotwinned Al/Ti multilayers demonstrate excellent thermal stability and limited intermixing when individual layer thickness exceeds 22 nm. Whereas nanolayers of TiAl formed in the annealed Al/Ti 4.5 nm multilayer. Annealing induced substantial hardening, and the magnitude of hardening is greater at smaller layer thickness. In situ micropillar compression tests show the annealed Al/Ti multilayers have high flow stress (exceeding 3 GPa), work hardening capability, and good deformability.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)219-224
Number of pages6
JournalScripta Materialia
Volume186
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Al/Ti multilayers
  • In situ micropillar compression
  • Thermal stability

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