Thermal stability of grain boundaries in nanocrystalline Zn studied by positron lifetime spectroscopy |
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Authors: | Kai ZhouHui Li JinBiao PangZhu Wang |
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Affiliation: | Department of Physics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China |
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Abstract: | Nanocrystalline Zn prepared by compacting nanoparticles with mean grain size about 55 nm at 15 MPa has been studied by positron lifetime spectroscopy. For the bulk Zn sample, the vacancy defect is annealed out at about 350 °C, but for the nanocrystalline Zn sample, the vacancy cluster in grain boundaries is quite difficult to be annealed out even at very high temperature (410 °C). In the grain boundaries of nanocrystalline Zn, the small free volume defect (not larger than divacancy) is dominant according to the high relative intensity for the short positron lifetime (τ1). The oxide (ZnO) inside the grain boundaries has been found having an effect to hinder the decrease of average positron lifetime (τav), which probably indicates that the oxide stabilizes the microstructure of the grain boundaries. This stabilization is very important for the nanocrystalline materials using as radiation resistant materials. |
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Keywords: | Positron lifetime Nanocrystalline Zn Grain boundaries Microstructure |
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