TY - JOUR AU - Liu, R. AU - Hou, X. S. AU - Yang, S. Y. AU - Chen, C. AU - Mao, Yiran AU - Wang, S. AU - Zhong, Z. H. AU - Zhang, Z. AU - Lu, P. AU - Wu, Y. C. TI - The effect of bonding temperature on the bending behaviors and toughening mechanism of W/(Ti/Ta/Ti) multilayer composites prepared by field activated sintering technique JO - Materials characterization VL - 172 SN - 1044-5803 CY - New York, NY PB - Science Direct M1 - FZJ-2021-05629 SP - 110875 - PY - 2021 AB - The gradient layered structure is beneficial to improve both strength and fracture toughness of tungsten. In this study, a series of W/(Ti/Ta/Ti) multilayer composites with gradient layered structure are prepared by field activated sintering technique (FAST) with bonding temperatures ranging from 1000 °C to 1400 °C. The results show that both the microstructure and mechanical properties vary with bonding temperatures. Both W and Ta diffuse into Ti layer to stabilize β phase, resulting in the Ti layer with α/β phase. The W/(Ti/Ta/Ti) composites bonded at 1200 °C exhibited the highest flexural strength (1700 MPa) attributed to excellent microstructure combination in the different layers, which are elongated grains and fine recrystallized grains in the W layer, and the martensite basketweave microstructure in Ti layer. Shear bands can be seen in the Ti layer with planar slip-bands and Ta layer with wavy slip-bands. These plastic deformation behaviors cannot be observed in the W layer because it is inherently brittle, similar to ceramic. The toughening mechanism of the W/(Ti/Ta/Ti) composites is as follows: crack deflection and delamination between the interface, multi-crack propagation in the W layer, and local shear deformation in the toughened layer. The bending properties of W/(Ti/Ta/Ti) multilayer composites are related to the interface and the gradient structure of the toughened layer (Ti/Ta/Ti), which can guide the design of the microstructure of the composites and improve its mechanical properties. LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000620960100003 DO - DOI:10.1016/j.matchar.2021.110875 UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/904059 ER -