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Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of AL(1wt%SI) And AL(1wt%SI, 0.5wt%CU) Thin Films. The Role of Diffusional Creep in the Tensile Stress Regime

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

S. Bader ,
E. M. Kalaugher  and
E. Arzt
S. Bader
Affiliation:
on leave from School of Metallurgy and Science of Materials, Oxford, UK
E. M. Kalaugher
Affiliation:
on leave from School of Metallurgy and Science of Materials, Oxford, UK
E. Arzt
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung, Stuttgart, Germany
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Abstract

The microstructure and mechanical properties of hot (h) and cold (c) sputtered Al-lwt%Si and Al-lwt%Si-0.5wt%Cu films were studied using transmission electron microscopy and wafer curvature stress measurements.

Stress/temperature curves of all films showed only slight differences in compression on healing once a stable grain size was established. However, on cooling several remarkable differences were observed. These observations cannot be explained by assuming dislocation glide/climb as the dominant relaxation mechanism. The results will be discussed in terms of grain boundary diffusional relaxation (Coble creep), which occurs in addition to dislocation glide.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 356: Symposium B2 – Thin Films: Stresses and Mechanical Properties V , 1994 , 435
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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