Creep behavior of Ni-W solid solutions
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Creep Behavior of Ni-W Solid Solutions
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The c r e e p b e h a v i o r of s o li d solution a l l o y s g e n e r a l l y f a i l s into one of two p o s s i b l e c l a s s e s . Using the d e f i n i t i on s i n t r o d u c e d e l s e w h e r e , ~ c l a s s I a l l o y s exhibit s t e a d y - s t a t e c r e e p r a t e s which v a r y with s t r e s s r a i s e d to a p o w e r c l o s e to 5, w h e r e a s in c l a s s 1"[ a l l o y s the s t r e s s exponent f o r s t e a d y - s t a t e c r e e p is c l o s e to 3. By m a k i n g a s s u m p t i o n s c o n c e r n i n g the n a t u r e of the r a t e - c o n t r o l l i n g d e f o r m a t i o n m e c h a n i s m s in the two alloy c l a s s e s , a c r i t e r i o n was r e c e n t l y d e v e l o p e d to d i s t i n g u i s h b e t w e e n c l a s s I and c l a s s II b e h a v i o r . ~ The o b j e c t of the p r e s e n t c o m m u n i c a t i o n is t w o - f o l d : 1) To apply t h i s c r i t e r i o n to the t h r e e i n v e s t i g a t i o n s r e p o r t e d to date f o r c r e e p of N i - W s o l i d s o l u t i o n s , 2-4 and 2) To e x a m i n e the s u g g e s t i o n , m a d e r e c e n t l y by Oikawa and K a r a s h t m a , 5 that a s t r e s s exponent of 3 is not a s u f f i c i en t c r i t e r i o n to identify c l a s s II b e h a v i o r . F o l l o w i n g the a n a l y s i s p r e s e n t e d e l s e w h e r e , ~ it is a s s u m e d that the m e c h a n i s m of c r e e p in c l a s s I alloys is a d i s l o c a t i o n c l i m b p r o c e s s , and the m e c h a n i s m in c l a s s II a l l o y s is v i s c o u s glide c o n t r o l l e d by the p r e s ence of s o l u t e atom a t m o s p h e r e s . The c r i t e r i o n f o r an a l l o y to exhibit c l a s s II b e h a v i o r is then g i v e n by 1
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