Analysis of anisotropic compression of uranium under high pressures: a computational and experimental overview

We have investigated anisotropic compression effects observed in uranium metal under high pressures by analyzing data obtained with different X-ray diffraction techniques as well as data on samples obtained with different pressure media. Our analysis shows that the observed anisotropic compression effects are independent of the pressure transmitting medium or the experimental technique employed for studying uranium metal under high pressures. This suggests that the observed anisotropic compression effects are not related to non-hydrostatic stresses in the diamond anvil cell devices. First principle calculations using LMT-Art largely reproduce the experimentally measured axial ratios of the orthorhombic unit cell thereby confirming anisotropic effects in this f-band metal under compression.     

Effect of reversible torsion on the structure and mechanical properties of iron under severe plastic deformations in a Bridgman camera

The effect of the reversible direction of rotation of the movable anvil of the Bridgman camera (torsion under high quasi-hydrostatic pressure at room temperature) on the structure and mechanical properties of commercially pure iron (steel 08kp) is investigated. It is established that a change in the direction of rotation of the movable anvil under torsion substantially effects the structural characteristics of deformation fragments and dynamically recrystallized grains formed under severe plastic deformations. The effect of the method of deformation on the internal distortions of structure and on the mechanical properties is analyzed.     

Deformation textures produced in diamond anvil experiments, analysed in radial diffraction geometry

Diamond anvil cells may not only impose pressure upon a sample but also a compressive stress that produces elastic and plastic deformation of polycrystalline samples. The plastic deformation may result in texture development if the material deforms by slip or mechanical twinning, or if grains have a non-equiaxed shape. In radial diffraction geometry, texture is revealed by variation of intensity along Debye rings relative to the compression direction. Diffraction images (obtained by CCD or image plate) can be used to extract quantitative texture information. Currently the most elegant and powerful method is a modified Rietveld technique as implemented in the software package MAUD. From texture data one can evaluate the homogeneity of strain in a diamond anvil cell, the strain magnitude and deformation mechanisms, the latter by comparing observed texture patterns with results from polycrystal plasticity simulations. Some examples such as olivine, magnesiowuestite, MgSiO(3) perovskite and ε-iron are discussed.     

Nonmetallic gasket and miniature plastic turnbuckle diamond anvil cell for pulsed magnetic field studies at cryogenic temperatures

A plastic turnbuckle diamond anvil cell (DAC) and a nonmetallic gasket have been developed for pulsed magnetic field studies to address issues of eddy current heating and Lorentz forces in metal cells. The plastic cell evolved from our Ø 6.3 mm metal turnbuckle DAC that was designed in 1993 to rotate in the 9 mm sample space of Quantum Design's MPMS. Attempts to use this metal DAC in pulsed magnetic fields caused the sample temperature to rise to T>70 K, necessitating the construction of a nonconductive cell and gasket. Pressures of 3 GPa have been produced in the plastic cell with 0.8 mm culets in an optical study conducted at T=4 K. Variations of the cell are now being used for fermiology studies of metallic systems in pulsed magnetic fields that have required the development of a rotator and a special He-3 cryostat which are also discussed.     

Axial-strain-induced torsion in single-walled carbon nanotubes

Using classical molecular dynamics and empirical potentials, we show that the axial deformation of single-walled carbon nanotubes is coupled to their torsion. The axial-strain-induced torsion is limited to chiral nanotubes-graphite sheets rolled around an axis that breaks its symmetry. Small strain behavior is consistent with chirality and curvature-induced elastic anisotropy (CCIEA)-carbon nanotube rotation is equal and opposite in tension and compression, and decreases with curvature and chirality. The large-strain compressive response is remarkably different. The coupling progressively decreases, in contrast to the tensile case, and changes its sign at a critical compressive strain. Thereafter, it untwists with increasing axial strain and then rotates in the opposite direction, i.e., the same sense as under tension. This suggests that the response is now dictated by a combination of nonlinear elasticity and CCIEA.     

Quantitative Rietveld texture analysis of CaSiO(3) perovskite deformed in a diamond anvil cell

The Rietveld method is used to extract quantitative texture information from a single synchrotron diffraction image of a CaSiO(3) perovskite sample deformed in axial compression in a diamond anvil cell. The image used for analysis was taken in radial geometry at 49?GPa and room temperature. We obtain a preferred orientation of {100} lattice planes oriented perpendicular to the compression direction and this is compatible with [Formula: see text] slip.     

Basal slip localization in zinc single crystals. The Considère analyses

The tensile and compression tests were performed on zinc single crystals oriented for slip in the basal slip system. During the first stage of the stress–strain curve, the localized necking was typical of strain localization in the tensile specimens. Single or multiple necks were formed along the specimen length. The range of temperatures and the strain rates for single necking of the sample was determined. The formation of such necking depends on strain hardening characteristics and can be predicted by the Considère criterion. On the other hand, propagation of the necked area along the sample length was not predictable by this criterion. Localized sliding and specimen kinking was indicative of the strain localization observed for different specimens compressed under the same conditions, i.e. temperature and strain rate. A decrease in the compression force and in the cross-sectional area with anvil displacements produced localized sliding. On the other hand, a continuous increase in the compression force was representative of tests leading to specimen kinking.     

Elastic and plastic deformation of NaCl and Ni3Al polycrystals during compression in a multi-anvil apparatus

Abstract

The compression behaviour in a multi-anvil apparatus of pure NaCl and of a foil of Ni₃Al embedded in a pressure medium of NaCl has been studied by energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction. At ambient temperature, the pressure and stresses, determined from line positions of NaCl, were constant throughout the sample chamber. Line positions and line widths of NaCl reflections were reversible on pressure release. A saturation of microstrains observed in NaCl at 2 GPa is thus attributed to brittle fracture setting in at uniaxial stresses of around 0.3 GPa. Ni₃Al polycrystals, in contrast, undergo extensive (ductile) plastic deformation above 4 GPa. The compression behaviour of both Ni₃Al and NaCl is identical to that previously determined in a diamond anvil cell. While a multi-anvil device thus has the advantage, compared with a diamond anvil cell, of constant pressure and stress throughout the sample chamber, microstrains in poly-crystalline samples arise in both devices. Samples in a multi-anvil apparatus thus need to be mixed with a pressure medium and to consist of essentially single crystals just as in a diamond anvil cell. Annealing experiments at high pressures confirm that the release of the uniaxial stress component in the pressure medium does not cause a release of microstrains in the embedded sample if the latter has been plastically deformed. Annealing for the purpose of attaining hydrostatic conditions in compression studies thus has to be carried out with care.     

轴压和扭转复合载荷作用下氮化硼纳米管屈曲行为的分子动力学模拟

采用分子动力学方法模拟了氮化硼纳米管在轴压和扭转复合荷载作用下的屈曲和后屈曲行为.在各加载比例下,给出了初始线性变形阶段和后屈曲阶段原子间相互作用力的变化,确定了屈曲临界荷载关系.通过对屈曲模态的细致研究,从微观变形机理上分析了纳米管对不同外荷载力学响应的差异.研究结果表明,扶手型和锯齿型纳米管均呈现出非线性的屈曲临界荷载关系,复合加载下的屈曲行为具有强烈的尺寸依赖性.温度升高将导致屈曲临界荷载的下降,且温度的影响随加载比例的变化而变化.无论在简单加载或复合加载中,同尺寸的碳纳米管均比氮化硼纳米管具有更强地抵抗屈曲荷载的能力.     

On possible light–torsion mixing in background magnetic field

The interaction of the light with propagating axial torsion fields in the presence of an external magnetic field has been investigated. Axial torsion fields appearing in higher derivative quantum gravity possess two states, with spin one and zero, with different masses. The torsion field with spin-0 state is a ghost that can be removed if its mass is infinite. We investigate the possibility when the light mixes with the torsion fields resulting in the effect of vacuum birefringence and dichroism. The expressions for ellipticity and the rotation of light polarization axis depending on the coupling constant and the external magnetic field have been obtained.     

Effect of deformation of diamond anvil and sample in diamond anvil cell on the thermal conductivity measurement

Studies show that the sample thickness is an important parameter in investigating the thermal transport properties of materials under high-temperature and high-pressure (HTHP) in the diamond anvil cell (DAC) device. However, it is an enormous challenge to measure the sample thickness accurately in the DAC under severe working conditions. In conventional methods, the influence of diamond anvil deformation on the measuring accuracy is ignored. For a high-temperature anvil, the mechanical state of the diamond anvil becomes complex and is different from that under the static condition. At high temperature, the deformation of anvil and sample would be aggravated. In the present study, the finite volume method is applied to simulate the heat transfer mechanism of stable heating DAC through coupling three radiative-conductive heat transfer mechanisms in a high-pressure environment. When the temperature field of the main components is known in DAC, the thermal stress field can be analyzed numerically by the finite element method. The obtained results show that the deformation of anvil will lead to the obvious radial gradient distribution of the sample thickness. If the top and bottom surfaces of the sample are approximated to be flat, it will be fatal to the study of the heat transport properties of the material. Therefore, we study the temperature distribution and thermal conductivity of the sample in the DAC by thermal-solid coupling method under high pressure and stable heating condition.     

Molecular dynamics study on resonance frequency change due to axial-strain-induced torsions of single-walled carbon nanotubes

We investigated, via the classical MD simulation method based on Tersoff-Brenner potential, the fundamental resonance frequency changes of single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) resonators originated from the purely mechanical coupling of the axial-strain-induced torsion (ASIT) response. The fundamental frequency changes were also negligible where the ASIT responses were negligible in achiral SWCNTs whereas those were explicitly found under both compression and tension for the chiral SWCNTs with the obvious ASIT responses. Specially, for SWCNT with the chiral angle of π/12, where the highest ASIT response can be found, the fundamental resonance frequency changes were highest. The fundamental resonance frequencies under the tensioning increased almost linearly with increasing the axial strain whereas they rapidly decreased under compression with increasing the compressive strain.     

六面顶压机上常温高压超声测量的样品组装设计

 简要介绍了高压超声测试技术中样品组装的设计原则。设计了一套新的样品组装,并测量了纯Al和纯Cu在常温下的等温状态方程。实验结果表明,新的组装能够实现较理想的准静水压加载,同时也能够测试出良好的超声信号。分析了六面顶压机上常温超声测量的主要误差来源。     

Change of the kinetics of shock-wave deformation and fracture of VT1-0 titanium as a result of annealing

The paper presents the results of measurements of shock-wave compression profiles of VT1-0 titanium samples after rolling and in the annealed state. In the experiments, the pressure of shock compression and distance passed by the wave before emerging to the sample surface were varied. From measurements of the elastic precursor decay and compression rate in a plastic shock wave of different amplitudes, the plastic strain and the corresponding shear stresses in the initial and subsequent stages of high-rate deformation in an elastoplastic shock wave are determined. It is found that the reduction in the dislocation density as a result of annealing reduces the hardness of the material but significantly increases its dynamic yield strengh, corresponding to the strain rate above 10⁴ s^–1. With a reduction in the strain rate, this anomalous difference in the flow stresses is leveled off.     

Strength and equation of state of molybdenum triboride under 80 GPa pressure,using radial X-ray diffraction

The strength and equation of state of molybdenum triboride have been determined under nonhydrostatic compression up to 80?GPa, using an angle-dispersive radial X-ray diffraction technique in a diamond anvil cell (DAC). The RXD data yield a bulk modulus and its pressure derivative as K_0?=?342(6)?GPa with K₀′?=?2.11(17) at ψ?=?54.7°. Analysis of diffraction data using the strain theory indicates that the ratio of differential stress to shear modulus (t/G) ranges from 0.002 to 0.050 at pressures of 4–80?GPa. Together with theoretical results on the high pressure shear modulus, our results here show that molybdenum triboride sample under uniaxial compression can support a differential stress of ～10?GPa when it started to yield with plastic deformation at ～30?GPa. In addition, we draw a conclusion that MoB₃ is not a superhard material but a hard material.     

On the localization of plastic flow under compression of NaCl and KCl crystals

The plastic flow localization patterns for alkali halide crystals under compression are investigated. The main spatiotemporal regularities of the strain localization at the stages of deformation hardening in these single crystals are established. The relation is traced between the orientation of localized strain zones and the crystallography of slip systems of the test specimens at the initial stages of plastic deformation. The velocity of motion of localized strain zones under compression is determined.     

A portable high-pressure stress cell based on the V7 Paris–Edinburgh apparatus

We describe a new device, based on a V7 Paris–Edinburgh press, for torsional testing of material at pressures up to 7 GPa (extendable to 15 GPa). Samples are deformed using a simple shear geometry between opposed anvils by rotating the lower anvil, via a rotational actuator, with respect to an upper, stationary, anvil. Use of conical anvil profiles greatly increases sample dimensions more than other high-pressure torsional apparatus did. Samples of polycrystalline Zr (2 mm thick, 3.5 mm diameter) have been sheared at strains exceeding γ ～1.5 at constant strain rate and at pressures from 1.8 to 5 GPa, and textural development has been studied by electron microscopy. Use of amorphous-boron-epoxy gaskets means that nearly simple shear of samples can be routinely achieved. This apparatus allows study of the plastic and anelastic behaviour of materials under high pressure, and is particularly suited for performing in situ investigations using synchrotron or neutron radiation.     

不同应变率下两种岩石的压缩破碎特征试验研究

为了研究不同岩石在不同应变率下压缩时裂纹的产生规律及破坏模式,将石灰岩和红砂岩制成试件,研究其在不同应变率和受力模式下裂纹的形成模式。开展了两种岩石的准静态压缩和动态压缩试验,采用高速摄影机记录了裂纹的产生和破坏模式。对两种岩石试件的裂纹形态进行对比,基于岩石的物理性质、受力状态、能量演化分析,得到了在不同应变率下压缩时产生差异性的原因。结果表明:准静态压缩下岩石试件受压的破坏模式也会因应变率的不同而存在差异,并且破坏模式的差异对岩石试件的抗压强度将产生显著的影响;从能量演化的角度分析,入射能量的大小将会决定岩石试样动态抗压强度曲线是否出现起伏;动态压缩时,裂纹的周向扩展速度与岩石抗压强度呈正相关。     

In situ conductivity measurement of matter under extreme conditions by film fabrication on diamond anvil cell

The film-fabricating technology has been used to prepare the microcircuit on diamond anvil for resistivity measurement under extreme conditions. We chose molybdenum as the electrode material and alumina as the insulator and protective material. The sample thickness measurement was conducted and then the resistivity correction was performed under different thickness. The experimental error was proved to be less than 10%. By mounting alumina film between diamond anvil and microcircuit, high-temperature performance of a laser heating diamond anvil cell was improved obviously, which is available for in situ resistivity measurement under high pressure and high temperature. Meanwhile, the impedance spectroscopy of a powdered semiconductor sample was detected. Through the impedance arcs obtained, the grain boundary contribution to the resistivity can be well distinguished.     

静-动加载相结合的材料状态方程实验平台的研制

根据神光-Ⅱ第九路高功率激光加载的特点,对传统静高压金刚石压砧装置进行了改进和优化设计,研制出了适合高功率激光加载条件下材料宽域状态方程研究的新型静高压靶.在神光-Ⅱ高功率激光装置上建立了基于静高压金刚石压砧和动高压激光相结合的材料宽域状态方程研究平台.利用这一平台开展了超纯水的宽域状态方程实验探索,获得了较好的实验结果.