Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1502562 Scripta Materialia 2009 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

Filaments with diameters of the order of 1 μm were observed on fracture surfaces of a fine-grained aluminum–magnesium alloy following superplastic deformation in air. No filaments were observed on fracture surfaces of the same material after superplastic deformation at identical temperature and strain rate in vacuum. Filaments contain oxygen and more magnesium than does the as-received specimen surface. These data support the theory that filaments are formed on fracture surfaces by growth of magnesium-rich oxide.

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