Dislocations near elastic instability in high-pressure body-centered-cubic magnesium

I. S. Winter, M. Poschmann, T. Tsuru, and D. C. Chrzan
Phys. Rev. B 95, 064107 – Published 16 February 2017

Abstract

At high pressure, Mg is expected to transform to the body-centered-cubic (BCC) phase. We use density functional theory to explore the structure of 111-type dislocation cores in BCC Mg as a function of pressure. As the pressure is reduced from the region of absolute stability for the BCC phase, the dislocation cores spread. When dislocation cores overlap the displacements of columns of atoms resemble the nanodisturbances observed in TiNb alloys known as gum metal. As the pressure is lowered further, these regions transform into the hexagonal close-packed phase. The ideal tensile strength of BCC Mg is also computed as a function of pressure. Despite its low shear modulus, BCC Mg is predicted to be intrinsically brittle at absolute zero.

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  • Received 25 October 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.064107

©2017 American Physical Society

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Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

I. S. Winter1, M. Poschmann1, T. Tsuru2, and D. C. Chrzan1

  • 1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
  • 2Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirakata-Shirane, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki, Japan

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Vol. 95, Iss. 6 — 1 February 2017

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