Plastic flow and fracture of tantalum carbide and hafnium carbide at low temperatures Export

@article{citeulike:3475517, abstract = {Knoop and Vickers hardness measurements have been made on tantalum carbide and hafnium carbide single crystals. The hardness varies with orientation of the indenter in the crystal, but indentations in the two carbides are of very different character, TaC behaves in a relatively ductile manner and deforms plastically before cracking, while HfC exhibits extremely limited plastic flow and cracks on indentation. Moreover, the preferred slip plane is {111} in TaC but is {110} in HfC. These results are related to the reported physical properties of these carbides. In particular, the observed mechanical behaviour of TaC appears to be consistent with the more metallic nature of this carbide.}, author = {Rowcliffe, D. J. and Hollox, G. E.}, citeulike-article-id = {3475517}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00552039}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1007/BF00552039}, journal = {Journal of Materials Science}, keywords = {hfc, tac}, month = {October}, number = {10}, pages = {1261--1269}, posted-at = {2008-11-03 16:22:39}, priority = {0}, title = {Plastic flow and fracture of tantalum carbide and hafnium carbide at low temperatures}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00552039}, volume = {6}, year = {1971} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3475517 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3475517 N2 - Knoop and Vickers hardness measurements have been made on tantalum carbide and hafnium carbide single crystals. The hardness varies with orientation of the indenter in the crystal, but indentations in the two carbides are of very different character, TaC behaves in a relatively ductile manner and deforms plastically before cracking, while HfC exhibits extremely limited plastic flow and cracks on indentation. Moreover, the preferred slip plane is {111} in TaC but is {110} in HfC. These results are related to the reported physical properties of these carbides. In particular, the observed mechanical behaviour of TaC appears to be consistent with the more metallic nature of this carbide. IS - 10 JF - Journal of Materials Science EP - 1269 TI - Plastic flow and fracture of tantalum carbide and hafnium carbide at low temperatures VL - 6 SP - 1261 KW - hfc KW - tac AU - Rowcliffe, DJ AU - Hollox, GE PY - 1971/10/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00552039 ER -