Fe-based bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) with high boron content have potential application as a coating material used in the framework for storing spent nuclear fuels to support their safe long-term disposal. The high glass forming ability (GFA) and large supercooled liquid region are therefore required for such Fe-based BMGs in either the glassy powder fabrication or the subsequent coating spraying. In order to meet these requirements, the influence of Nb content on the GFA of Fe57Cr10Zr8B18Mo7−xNbx (x=1–5, at.%) alloys was investigated, as Nb has positive roles in GFA and thermal stability of BMGs. The results indicate that a fully amorphous phase in the as-cast samples with 3 mm in diameter is obtained for both the Fe57Cr10Zr8B18Mo5Nb2 and Fe57Cr10Zr8B18Mo4Nb3 alloys. The corresponding supercooled liquid regions of the two BMGs are 78 K and 71 K, respectively. The mechanism for improving their GFA was analyzed based on the principle of metal solidification, the parameters for glass formation and thermal properties of the alloys. The compression strength and Vicker’s hardness of the two BMGs are 1,950 MPa and 1,310 HV, 2,062 MPa and 1,180 HV, respectively. The developed BMGs with high B content, good GFA, and very high hardness can be used as coating materials to the framework for spent nuclear fuels.
To explain the intrinsic mechanism of the yield plateau phenomenon in commercially pure titanium, the tensile behaviors of commercially pure titanium specimens after 91.6% cryorolling and subsequent annealing at 280 ℃, 335 ℃, 450 ℃ and 600 ℃ have been studied. The results show that the yield plateau phenomenon is a result of dislocation behaviors controlled by grain size and thus only exists within a given range of mean grain size. α grain boundaries are the main dislocation multiplication sources of commercially pure titanium. Fine-grained microstructure could offer numerous dislocation multiplication locations during deformation. Once the applied stress is above the yielding strength, dislocations multiply rapidly and the mobile dislocation density is high. To retrieve the imposed strain rate, the mean dislocation velocity is bound to be low. Therefore, it takes time for them to interact with each other. As a result, the movement of dislocations is hardly blocked and the deformation could continue at a nearly constant applied stress. Consequently, the so-called yield plateau behavior presents in the tensile curves. The disappearance of yield plateau phenomenon in coarse-grained and ultrafi ne-grained microstructures is attributed to the quick realization of the mutual interactions among dislocations at the initial stage of tensile test. 相似文献
The formation of micro-cracks in Ni-rich LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2 (NCM811) cathode particles is an extremely important factor affecting the electrochemical characteristics after long-term cycling. Generally, cracks can be divided into intergranular crack and intracrystalline crack according to their positions. Coating has been confirmed as a highly effective strategy to relieve intergranular cracks. However, the intracrystalline cracks of primary-like particles have rarely been studied. In this work, ethoxy functional polysiloxane (EPS) was directly coated on the surface of original NCM811 by tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) hydrolytic polycondensation method without any additives. Then, the microstructure, micromorphology, surface state and electrochemical properties were investigated in detail by XRD, SEM, TEM, CV and EIS. The results displayed that the micro-cracks of primary-like particles were effectively suppressed under appropriate EPS coating. Accordingly, excellent capacity retention of 95.6% (100 cycles, 1C) and rate performance (144.6 mA h/g, 5C) were obtained. These improved mechanical and electrochemical properties are considered to be related to the EPS stress buffer layer, suppressed oxygen vacancies, inhibited phase transition and reduced volume change. 相似文献