Creep of a niobium beryllide, Nb2Be17

T. G. Nieh*, J. Wadsworth, T. C. Chou, D. Owen, A. H. Chokshi

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Abstract

A niobium beryllide, Nb2Be17, has been prepared by powder-metallurgy techniques and the mechanical properties characterized both at room and elevated temperatures. Microhardness and fracture toughness were measured at room temperature. Hardness and hot-hardness test results indicated that, although the material was brittle at low temperatures, it became plastic at elevated temperatures (>1000 °C). Creep properties of Nb2Be17 were studied at temperatures from 1250 to 1350 °C and applied stresses from 10 to 90 MPa. The stress exponent, determined from stress-change tests, was about 3, and the activation energy, determined from temperature-change tests, was about 575 kJ/mol. The creep of Nb2Be17 at high temperature is apparently controlled by dislocation glide; this proposal was supported by transient creep experiments. Comparisons have been made between the creep properties of Nb2Be17 and other intermetallics. © 1993, Materials Research Society. All rights reserved.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)757-763
JournalJournal of Materials Research
Volume8
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 1993
Externally publishedYes

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