Evidence of new twinning modes in magnesium questioning the shear paradigm
arXiv:1707.00490 · doi:10.1107/S1600576718005678
Abstract
Twinning is an important deformation mode of hexagonal close-packed metals. The crystallographic theory is based on the 150-years old concept of simple shear. The habit plane of the twin is the shear plane, it is invariant. Here we present Electron BackScatter Diffraction observations and crystallographic analysis of a millimeter size twin in a magnesium single crystal whose straight habit plane, unambiguously determined both the parent crystal and in its twin, is not an invariant plane. This experimental evidence demonstrates that macroscopic deformation twinning can be obtained by a mechanism that is not a simple shear. Beside, this unconventional twin is often co-formed with a new conventional twin that exhibits the lowest shear magnitude ever reported in metals. The existence of unconventional twinning introduces a shift of paradigm and calls for the development of a new theory for the displacive transformations
37 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables, 33 references
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