The influence of peak shock stress on the high pressure phase transformation in Zr

At high pressures zirconium is known to undergo a phase transformation from the hexagonal close packed (HCP) alpha phase to the simple hexagonal omega phase. Under conditions of shock loading, a significant volume fraction of high-pressure omega phase is retained upon release. However, the hysteresi...

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Published inJournal of physics. Conference series Vol. 500; no. 3; pp. 32003 - 6
Main Authors Cerreta, E K, Addessio, F L, Bronkhorst, C A, Brown, D W, Escobedo, J P, Fensin, S J, Gray, G T, Lookman, T, Rigg, P A, Trujillo, C P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.01.2014
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Summary:At high pressures zirconium is known to undergo a phase transformation from the hexagonal close packed (HCP) alpha phase to the simple hexagonal omega phase. Under conditions of shock loading, a significant volume fraction of high-pressure omega phase is retained upon release. However, the hysteresis in this transformation is not well represented by equilibrium phase diagrams and the multi-phase plasticity under shock conditions is not well understood. For these reasons, the influence of peak shock stress and temperature on the retention of omega phase in Zr has been explored. VISAR and PDV measurements along with post-mortem metallographic and neutron diffraction characterization of soft recovered specimens have been utilized to quantify the volume fraction of retained omega phase and qualitatively understand the kinetics of this transformation. In turn, soft recovered specimens with varying volume fractions of retained omega phase have been utilized to understand the contribution of omega and alpha phases to strength in shock loaded Zr.
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ISSN:1742-6596
1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/500/3/032003