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The strain-rate dependence of the nanoindentation stress of gold at 300 K: A deformation kinetics-based approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Vineet Bhakhri  and
Robert J. Klassen
Vineet Bhakhri*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B9, Canada
Robert J. Klassen
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B9, Canada
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a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: vbhakhri@uwo.ca
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Abstract

Indentation tests involving a constant-loading rate stage followed by a constant-load stage were performed on annealed and 20% cold-worked Au to investigate the effect of indentation depth and initial dislocation density on the indentation deformation process. The indentation strain rate data were analyzed in terms of an obstacle-limited dislocation glide mechanism. The apparent activation energy was of the order of 0.16 μb3 and was neither a function of initial indentation depth nor cold work. The results of Haasen plot activation analysis and direct transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observations indicate that more mechanical work must be applied during the constant-loading rate stage due to the large amount of work hardening compared with the constant-load stage where considerably more dislocation recovery occurs.

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Activation analysisNanoindentationTransmission electron microscopy (TEM)
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , April 2009 , pp. 1456 - 1465
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2009

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