Li2O-Al2O3-SiO2微晶玻璃加工脆延转变临界条件实验研究

 介绍了Li2O-Al2O3-SiO2微晶玻璃的加工特点。基于纳米划痕技术对Li2O-Al2O3-SiO2微晶玻璃进行了纳米划痕实验,测得微晶玻璃材料脆延转变临界切削深度和临界载荷的平均值分别为125.6 nm和29.78 mN。将实验所得临界切削深度值与基于压痕断裂力学模型建立的脆延转变临界切削深度计算值进行了对比,结果表明,T. G. Bifano基于显微压痕法给出的临界切削深度计算值与实验结果差别较大,结合实验结果对其公式进行了修正;基于压痕断裂力学模型建立的延性域磨削临界切削深度计算值与实验结果相差较小,并分析了产生差异的原因。     

Assessing the Functional Properties of TiZr Nanotubular Structures for Biomedical Applications,through Nano-Scratch Tests and Adhesion Force Maps

In this work we present the results of a functional properties assessment via Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)-based surface morphology, surface roughness, nano-scratch tests and adhesion force maps of TiZr-based nanotubular structures. The nanostructures have been electrochemically prepared in a glycerin + 15 vol.% H₂O + 0.2 M NH4F electrolyte. The AFM topography images confirmed the successful preparation of the nanotubular coatings. The Root Mean Square (RMS) and average (Ra) roughness parameters increased after anodizing, while the mean adhesion force value decreased. The prepared nanocoatings exhibited a smaller mean scratch hardness value compared to the un-coated TiZr. However, the mean hardness (H) values of the coatings highlight their potential in having reliable mechanical resistances, which along with the significant increase of the surface roughness parameters, which could help in improving the osseointegration, and also with the important decrease of the mean adhesion force, which could lead to a reduction in bacterial adhesion, are providing the nanostructures with a great potential to be used as a better alternative for Ti implants in dentistry.     

Evaluation of the scratch resistance with nano- and multiple scratching methods

The scratch resistance of automotive clear coats was investigated by a single and multi scratch test procedure. New data characteristic for the reflow capability, the scratch hardness and the lateral scratch resistance were generated and evaluated. A correlation between single and multi scratch data was established.     

TEM study of the deformation structures around nano-scratches

An in-plane transmission electron microscopy (TEM) investigation carried out on nano-scratches made in a Ni₃Al foil revealed a high dislocation density within the scratch core, resulting in severe crystal rotations. The amount and sense of rotation were found to be asymmetrical about the longitudinal centre line of the scratch. Cross-sectional TEM analysis revealed that almost all the dislocations were confined within a semicircular zone having a radius similar to the calculated tip-sample contact size during scratching, in agreement with the in-plane TEM observations.     

The existence of a lateral size effect and the relationship between indentation and scratch hardness in copper

Indentation size effects (ISEs) are well known in static indentation of materials that deform by dislocation-based mechanisms. However, whilst instrumented indentation techniques have become rapidly established as a means of determining the near-surface mechanical properties of materials, scratch testing has been much less widely used. Hardness is used in wear models as a proxy for the yield stress, and the design of materials and hard coatings has often sought to exploit size-derived performance enhancements through length-scale engineering. Yet, it is not known directly whether (or not) length-scale effects also apply to scratch (and thus wear) performance at small scales, or what the functional form of this effect is. This work directly demonstrates that there is a lateral size effect (LSE) and shows that there are questions to be answered if the use of hardness as an indicator of wear performance is to remain valid. We report on constant load scratch experiments using a Berkovich indenter on single-crystal, annealed copper, using a range of applied normal forces and compare results from three scratch hardness calculation methods to indentation hardness (ISO 14577:2002) measured on the same sample at the same loads. Scratch tests were performed with the Berkovich indenter aligned either edge forward or face forward to the scratch direction. In all cases, we demonstrate that there is a very significant (approximate factor of two) effect of scratch size (an LSE) on scratch hardness. The results also show that the deformation mechanisms occurring in scratch tests are different to those occurring beneath a static indentation and that different mechanisms dominated for different stylus orientations (face-forward vs. edge-forward orientation). This is, to our knowledge, the first direct demonstration of an LSE akin to the ISE in metallic materials. The results have significant implications for using static indentation as a predictor of deformation during wear processes.