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MM: Fachverband Metall- und Materialphysik
MM 35: Poster Session II
MM 35.27: Poster
Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 16:30–18:30, P4
Mechanical properties of LiB3O3 at nanoscale — •Irina P. Shakhverdova1, Peter Paufler1, Rimma S. Bubnova22, Stanislav K. Filatov3, and Dirk C. Meyer1 — 1Institut für Strukturphysik, TU Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany — 2Institute of Silicate Chem., Russian Academy of Sciences, Ul. Odoevvskogo, 24/2, St.Petersburg 199155, Russia — 3Dept. of Crystallography, St.Petersburg State University, Univ.Emb.7/9, St.Petersburg 199034, Russia
Indentation hardness (H), scratch hardness (HS) and reduced Young’s modulus (Er) of LiB3O5 single crystal plates with different orientation as well as of glass with the same composition have been investigated using nanoprobes. Microhardness (HM) tests were done for comparison. Both hardness and Young’s modulus of glass appeared smaller compared to corresponding single crystal data (H∼7–8 GPa, HM∼ 6 GPa, Er∼ 70–80 GPa for glass and H∼ 10–15 GPa, HM∼ 6–11 GPa, Er∼ 93–155 GPa for single crystal). H, HS, Er and the plane of crack propagation proved orientation-dependent. Cracks in the glass sample were not observed up to 0.49 N microindentation load, whereas for the single crystal the cracks appeared already at 0.098 N. In single crystals the observed cleavage planes {211} and/or {412} are oriented nearly parallel to planes of B-O rings. The dependence of scratch morphology on the direction of scratching is demonstrated quantitatively. The coefficient of friction depends on normal load and varies between 0.25 and 0.37. The oscillating friction reflects elementary processes of plastic deformation at nanoscale. Dislocations created during scratching have been detected by etching.