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The mechanical behavior of a passivating surface under potentiostatic control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

D. F. Bahr,
J. C. Nelson,
N. I. Tymiak and
W. W. Gerberich
D. F. Bahr
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
J. C. Nelson
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
N. I. Tymiak
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
W. W. Gerberich
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
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Abstract

Continuous microindentation has been carried out on an iron–3% silicon single crystal in 1 M sulfuric acid. The ability of the material to support elastic loading is directly linked to the presence of thermally grown oxide films and passive films applied through potentiostatic control of the sample. When the passive film is removed, either by chemical or electrochemical means, the iron alloy can no longer sustain pressures on the order of the theoretical shear strength of iron. Instead, the metal behaves in a traditional elastic-plastic manner when no film is present. The oxide film at the edges of the indentation can sustain applied tensile stresses up to 1.2 GPa prior to failure. Indentation in materials undergoing dissolution must account for the rate of material removal over the remote surface and the resulting plastic deformation around the contact of the indentation.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 12 , Issue 12 , December 1997, pp. 3345 - 3353
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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