TY  - JOUR
AU  - Foumani, Moein Imani
AU  - Khursheed, Syed Taha
AU  - Liu, Yushun
AU  - Zhu, Guo-zhen
PY  - 2025
TI  - Orientation-dependence of incipient plasticity in a coarse-grained Mg revealed by nanoindentation pop-ins
JO  - Journal of Magnesium and Alloys
SN  - 2213-9567
SP  - 2554
EP  - 2564
VL  - 13
IS  - 6
AB  - The nanoindentation pop-in behaviors of 13 grains with diverse crystallographic orientations were analysed using a coarse-grained Mg-2 wt.% Gd alloy. Within nanoscale stressed volumes within all grains, the converted shear stresses for the first pop-in, calculated using the indentation Schmid factor, ranged from 1 to 1.3 GPa, consistent with theoretical predictions for dislocation nucleation in Mg. The estimated activation volume of the first pop-in was approximately 27–40 Å3 (involving about ~2 atoms), aligning with reported atomistic simulations of the surface dislocation semi-loop nucleation. While indented near the 〈c〉-axis, grains exhibit higher first pop-in loads and successive pop-ins, implying the possibility of a cross-slip nucleation mechanism to accommodate 〈c〉-axis deformation.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jma.2025.04.004
DO  - 10.1016/j.jma.2025.04.004