Numéro
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 42, Numéro C5, Octobre 1981
ICIFUAS-7
Seventh International Conference on Internal Friction and Ultrasonic Attenuation in Solids
Page(s) C5-73 - C5-78
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:1981510
ICIFUAS-7
Seventh International Conference on Internal Friction and Ultrasonic Attenuation in Solids

J. Phys. Colloques 42 (1981) C5-73-C5-78

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1981510

HYDROGEN-DISLOCATION INTERACTIONS AND INTRINSIC DISLOCATION RELAXATION IN NIOBIUM

M. Maul et H. Schultz

Max-Planck Institut für Metallforschung, Institut für Physik, Heisenbergstr.1, D-7000 Stuttgart 80 and Institut für Theoretische und Angewandte Physik der Universität Stuttgart, F.R.G.


Abstract
The dislocation relaxation between 100 K and 200 K (1kHz) in plastically deformed niobium, formerly named "α-relaxation" is a hydrogen Snoek-Köster relaxation (cold work relaxation). This is shown by experiments on extremely degassed samples, which contained controlled amounts of hydrogen and/or oxygen. The intrinsic, hydrogen-free dislocation relaxation appears between 30 K and 70 K (1kHz), the exact peak location depends on the interstitial (O,N) content. This relaxation is probably identical with the "δ peak", observed earlier by Mazzolai and Nuovo.