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~ [Wikipedia: Mole (unit)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_(unit))
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# Metals
## Defects on the Atomic Scale
Defects on the atomic scale have a significant effect on yield stress, ultimate tensile stress, and
ultimate fracture stress.
The yield stress of a real metal(-alloy) is much lower than the theoretical yield stress for
the perfect metal(-alloy) crystal.
This difference is because of the defects in the metal, particularly dislocations, as the
dislocations allow the ions to slide past each other at much lower yield stresses.
The 5 types of defects are:
- Grain boundaries
- Vacancies (missing ion)
- Dislocations (missing row of ions)
- Impurity ions
- Crystalline includison
![](./images/vimscrot-2021-12-22T13:02:28,180694109+00:00.png)
### Dislocation Movement vs. Simple Sliding
The layers of ions in a crystalline metal could simply over each other:
![](./images/vimscrot-2021-12-22T13:16:39,506214227+00:00.png)
However, the stress required for simple sliding is much higher than the stress required to move a
dislocation.
This is because dislocation motion is successive sliding of the partial plane of ions under applied
shear stress (black arrow).
The vacancy in the slip plane (yellow arrow) moves in steps in sequence from left to right.
![](./images/vimscrot-2021-12-22T13:19:51,513367988+00:00.png)
If there are no dislocations then plastic deformation is delayed to a higher applied stress,
meaning the yield stress of the metal would be much higher.
Dislocations move more easily on specific planes and in specific directions called the
slip planes and slip directions which make up what is known as the
[slip system](#slip-systems-in-metals).
There are a very large amount of dislocations in metals and alloys.
Dislocation density is expressed as total length of dislocations per unit volume.
## Single Crystal Metals
![](./images/vimscrot-2021-12-22T12:58:16,773351925+00:00.png)
Normally when a molten metal is cooled to a solid, then lots of tiny crystals (grains) grow in
different directions until they impinge.
The grain boundaries are a source of mechanical weakness.
A single crystal metal is one for which the casting is cooled to form just one giant crystal:
1. The molten metal is cast into a mould
2. At the very base of the mould, the temperature is dropped and the alloy crystallises into many
little crystals
3. The crystals grow upwars through the liquid and meet a spiral tube and are constricted
4. This tube only allows one crystal to grow through the spiral and then into the main mould
## Polycrystalline Metals
Most normal metals you see everyday are polycrystalline.
![](./images/vimscrot-2021-12-22T12:58:38,918714742+00:00.png)
![Acid etched surface of a polycrystalline metal](./images/vimscrot-2021-12-22T12:59:11,940527867+00:00.png)
## Elastic and Plastic Strain in Metals
When you apply a tensile stress to a mteal, this will produce a shear stress in any part of the
metallic lattice that is not parallel or perpendicular to the applied stress.
Under the action of shear stress, the metallic lattice will tend to experience a combination of
elastic strain and plastic strain:
![](./images/vimscrot-2021-12-22T13:46:45,608572706+00:00.png)
## Raising the Yield Stress of a Metal
There are 4 main ways to raise the yield stress of a metal:
- Make a solid-solution---by metal alloying or atomic addition
- Precipitate crystalline inclusions---by metal alloying or atomic additions and then heat treatment
- Work-harden --- by processing and/or cold-working
- Decrease the grain size --- by processing and/or heat-treatment
### Make a Solid-Solution
Adding an alloying element, B, to the host, A, forms a solid-solution as the ions or atoms of B
dissolve in A.
The impurity particles of B are a different size from the particles of A, distorting the metal
lattice.
The larger the difference in radii of the particles, the bigger the distortion.
![Substitutional addition replaces ions in the host](./images/vimscrot-2021-12-22T14:21:25,321894455+00:00.png)
![Interstitial addition adds particles between the ions in the host](./images/vimscrot-2021-12-22T14:21:32,009562988+00:00.png)
The particles of B tend to diffuse to dislocations and immobilise them.
This is why alloying increases the yield stress.
Impurity particles generate lattice strain in the structure too:
- Smaller particles introduce a compressive strain in the surrounding lattice
- Larger particles introduce a tensile strain in the surrounding lattice
![How Ni content in Cu affects Yield and Ultimate Tensile Stress](./images/vimscrot-2021-12-22T14:25:58,567632767+00:00.png)
### Precipitating Crystalline Inclusions
When adding an element, B, to a host, A, exceeds the solubility, the result is the formation of a
solid-solution with a fixed ratio of B to A, but also precipitated crystals of a different ratio of
B to A.
![](./images/vimscrot-2021-12-22T14:30:14,141230179+00:00.png)
Crystalline inclusions are really difficult to shear, especially if they are small, numerous, and
have high Vickers' hardness.
This slows down dislocation movement, increasing yield stress.
### Work-Hardening and Cold Working
We can use room temperature deformation to increase the number of dislocations present in a metal.
As the % cold-work (%CW) is increased, the number of dislocations present also increases:
$$\% CW = \frac{A_0 - A_d}{A_0} \times 100\%$$
where $A_0$ is the initial cross sectional area and $A_d$ is the final cross sectional area.
A carefully prepared sample has a dislocation density, $\rho_d$ of around $10^3$ mm mm$3$,
whereas for a heavily deformed sample it is around $10^{10}$.
A high density of dislocations means they are more likely to get entangled with each other,
making it harder for dislocations to move.
Therefore as $\rho_d$ increases, yield stress does too.
### Decreasing the Grain Size
- Most metals are polycrystalline with many grains.
- Different grains will have a different crystal orientation.
- Grains impede dislocation motion
As you decrease grain size, you get more grain boundaries which basically creates more barriers
to prevent slip.
This is because a dislocation would have to change orientation across a grain boundary and "ionic
disorder in the grain boundary results in discontinuity of slip" (A.B Seddon University of
Nottingham 2020) (I think that's repeating it but it said it on the slideshow sooo...).
So for any given metal, the fine grained is harder and has greater yield stress than the coarse
grained version of it.
#### Hall Petch Equation
$$\sigma_{yield} = \sigma_0 + k_yd^{-0.5}$$
where $d$ is the grain size and $\sigma_0$ and $k_y$ are material constants.
Therefore a plot of $\sigma_{yield}$ against $d^{-0.5}$ would results in a straight line.
# Diffusion
Diffusion is atomic or ionic movement down a concentration gradient.
## Solid State Diffusion
![](./images/vimscrot-2021-12-22T13:54:09,340198890+00:00.png)
Solid state diffusion is the stepwise migration (*march*) of atoms or ions through a lattice, from
site to site.
In order for this to happen, there must an adjacent vacant site.
The diffusion particle must also have sufficient thermal energy to 'jump' to the new site.
### Vacancy Diffusion (Diffusion of Metal Ions)
![](./images/vimscrot-2021-12-22T13:59:03,553059517+00:00.png)
### Interstitial DIffusion (Diffusion of Small, Non-Metallic Particles)
![](./images/vimscrot-2021-12-22T13:59:53,080635889+00:00.png)
## The Math(s) of Diffusion
Diffusion is time dependent.
For steady state diffusion, Fick's 1st Law holds:
$$J = -D \frac{\mathrm{d}C}{\mathrm{d}x}$$
where $J$ is the *flux*, $\frac{\mathrm{d}C}{\mathrm dx}$ is the concentration gradient, and $D$ is
the constant of proportionality known as the *diffusion coefficient*.
$D$ is constant for a particular metal at a particular temperature.
The *flux*is the number of atoms or ions moving per second through a cross sectional area.
### Things that Affect the Speed of Diffusion
- size of the diffusion species --- smaller species results in faster diffusion
- temperature --- more thermal energy allows more particles to have enough energy to make the 'jump'
- host lattice
- simple cubic --- 52% occupancy of ions
- body centered cubic --- 68% occupancy of ions
- face centered cubic --- 74% occupancy of ions
Diffusion is faster in a BCC host than in an FCC host for iron ions in an iron host and also for
carbon atoms diffusing into an iron host.
However this is not always the case.
### Influence of Temperature on Diffusion (Arrhenius Equation)
You can apply the Arrhenius equation for all thermally activated diffusion:
$$D = D_0 \exp{\left( - \frac{Q}{RT} \right)}$$
where $Q$ is the activation energy and $R$ is the ideal gas constant (8.31 J k$^{-1}$ mol$^{-1}$).
# Glossary
- liquidus - for a system of more than one component, the liquidus is the lowest temperature at
which the whole system is all in the liquid state.
- solidus - for a system of more than one component, the solidus is the highest temperature at which
the whole system is still in the solid state