THE EFFECTS OF STRAIN RATE AND HYDROGEN CONTENT ON THE LOW TEMPERATURE DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR OF COLUMBIUM

Abstract

The strain rate and temperature dependencies of the low temperature deformation behavior of fine grained arc-melted Nb (1 ppm H) were evaluated for tensile strain rates of 0.005, 0.10 and 6.0 sq. in./min. The effect of H content (1, 9, and 30 ppm H) on the mechanical behavior was also investigated in the temperature range 25 to -195 C, using a tensile strain rate of 0.005/min. The existence of an H-dislocation interaction in Nb was confirmed by: (1) calculation of an apparent activation energy for the early stages of low temperature deformation; (2) observation of an H-induced strain aging peak at -50 C, for Nb containing 30 ppm H; and (3) observation of a serrated stress-strain curve at 25 C in coarse grained Nb containing 89 ppm H. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0264858

Entities

People

  • A.w. Brisbane
  • B.a. Wilcox
  • R.f. Klinger

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Dislocations
  • Energy
  • Heat Of Activation
  • Hydrogen
  • Low Temperature
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Niobium
  • Observation
  • Physical Properties
  • Strain Rate
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Stresses
  • Tensile Strain

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

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  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Metallurgy