IN SITU TEM OBSERVATION OF DISLOCATION EMISSION,MOTION AND SCC INITIATION IN Ti_3Al+Nb UNDER METHANOL CORROSION
GAO Kewei;CHU Wuyang;XIAO Jimei(University of Science and Technology Beijing;Beijing 100083)(Manuscript received 1995-02-27)
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GAO Kewei;CHU Wuyang;XIAO Jimei(University of Science and Technology Beijing;Beijing 100083)(Manuscript received 1995-02-27). IN SITU TEM OBSERVATION OF DISLOCATION EMISSION,MOTION AND SCC INITIATION IN Ti_3Al+Nb UNDER METHANOL CORROSION. Acta Metall Sin, 1995, 31(23): 477-483.
Abstract The in situ TEM observations of dislocation emission,motion and initiation of nanocrack in Ti_3Al+Nb under methanol corrosion were carried out.Using a special constant displacement device,the dislocation coniguration change ahead of a loaded crack tip before and after anodic dissolution in methanol and the initiation,propagation of nanometre scale stress corrosion cracks have been observed.The results showed that localized anodic dissolution of Ti_3Al+Nb in methanol at room temperature facilitated dislocation emission,multiplication and motion.A nanocrack initiated in the dislocation free zone or at the blunted crack tip after dislocation emission, multiplication and motion reached a critical condition.