Physics of Solid Solution Strengthening

Field: Materials Science (Physical Sciences)

Strengthening of Alpha Titanium by the Interstitial Solutes C, N, and O.- Abstract.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Experimental Data.- 3. Deformation Kinetics.- 4. Nature of the Interaction Between Moving Dislocations and Interstitial Solutes.- 5. Other Considerations.- Acknowledgment.- References.- Solution Hardening by Interstitials in Close-Packed Metals.- Abstract.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Solution Hardening Theories.- 3. Experimental Results: Interstitial Hardening in Close-Packed Metals.- 4. Dislocation-Solute Interaction Energies.- 5. Discussion.- 6. Conclusions.- References.- Interatomic Potentials and Defect Energetics in Dilute Alloys.- Abstract.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Interatomic Potentials.- 3. Relaxation Calculation.- 4. Impurity-Vacancy Binding Energy.- 5. Activation Energy for Impurity Diffusion.- 6. Discussion.- Acknowledgment.- References.- Point Defect-Dislocation Interactions Arising from Nonlinear Elastic Effects.- Abstract.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Nonlinear Elastic Dislocation Fields.- 3. The Atomic Model of a Dislocation.- 4. The Dislocation Field Arising from the Core.- 5. Dislocation-Solute Atom Interactions.- Acknowledgments.- References.- Computer Experiments on Impurity Effects in Alpha-Iron.- Abstract.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Computational Method.- 3. Misfit Metallic Impurities.- 4. Helium in Alpha-Iron.- 5. Carbon in Alpha-Iron.- Acknowledgments.- References.- Physical Principles of Solid Solution Strengthening in Alloys.- Abstract.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Binary Titanium-Base Alloys.- 3. Ti-B-Type Binary Alloys.- 4. Ti-T2-Type Binary Alloys.- 5. Ternary Alloys.- 6. Thermodynamics and Strengthening with Respect to Various Nontransition and Transition-Metal Solutes in Titanium.- 7. Mechanical Properties of Ti-B-Type Alloys.- 8. Strengthening Mechanisms.- 9. Mechanical Behavior of Ti-T2 -Type Alloys and Other BCC Transition Metal Alloys.- Acknowledgments.- References.- Application of Alloy Physics to Solution Strengthening.- Abstract.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Alloy Theory Concepts.- 3. Model Calculation.- 4. Discussion and Summary.- Acknowledgment.- References.- A Review of Solute Effects on the Elastic Moduli of BCC Transition Metals.- Abstract.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Definitions and Techniques.- 3. Review of Data for Single Crystals of BCC Substitutional Solid Solutions and Pure Transition Metals.- 4. Review of Single Crystal Fe Studies.- 5. Effects of Interstitial Hydrogen and Oxygen on V, Nb, and Ta.- 6. Application of Shock Wave and Hydrostatic Pressure Measurements to the Theory of Cohesion in the BCC Transition Metals.- 7. Discussion and Conclusions.- Acknowledgment.- References.- Use of the Frohlich-Raimes and Other Electronic Models for the Physical Properties of Metals and Alloys.- Abstract.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Formulation of Frohlich-Raimes Model.- 3. Linear Combination of Density of States.- 4. Hellman-Feynman Calculations.- 5. Discussion.- Acknowledgment.- References.- Unresolved Segregation Effects in Solid Solution Strengthening of Metals.- Abstract.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Evidence and Effects of Grain Boundary Segregation.- 3. Interdendritic Segregation.- 4. Conclusions.- References.- Contributors.- Author Index.- Materials Index.