Influence of solute hydrogen on the interaction of screw dislocations with vicinal twin boundaries in nickel

Authors

Jiaqing Li, University of WollongongFollow
Cheng Lu, University of WollongongFollow
Linqing Pei, Chongqing UniversityFollow
Che Zhang, University of WollongongFollow
Anh Kiet Tieu, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

138290

Publication Details

Li, J., Lu, C., Pei, L., Zhang, C. & Tieu, A. (2019). Influence of solute hydrogen on the interaction of screw dislocations with vicinal twin boundaries in nickel. Scripta Materialia, 173 115-119.

Abstract

The influence of solute H on the interaction between screw dislocations and vicinal twin boundaries in Ni bicrystals is investigated using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Several interaction mechanisms such as dislocation transmission, nucleation and reflection are reported for different glide planes and grain boundary (GB) structures. The presence of H tends to transform these interactions into ones involving dislocation absorption. This disorders the atomic structure of GBs and establishes a local stress state, which promotes the ultimate failure of GBs due to the formation of vacancies. These findings will deepen our understanding on the experimentally-observed H embrittlement in metallic materials.

Grant Number

ARC/DP170103092