| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2020 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Environmentally Assisted Cracking: Theory and Practice
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| Presentation Title |
Microstructure Dependent Penetration and Recrystallization of Zinc by Gallium Based Liquid Metal Alloys |
| Author(s) |
Justin E. Norkett, Alec Chu, Courtney Wiley, Kit Manchette, Victoria Miller |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Justin E. Norkett |
| Abstract Scope |
Flexible electronic devices leveraging gallium liquid metal alloys as conductors are in development with the target of realizing such technologies as circuits and sensors immune to fatigue and antennas with on-the-fly reconfigurability. Despite the promise of these devices, the risks they pose to other metals at electrical interfaces and in their proximity is poorly understood. The process of liquid metal embrittlement (LME) has eluded explanation despite a century of study on the topic, in no small part due to the presence of several apparently distinct phenomena which can result from the action of a liquid metal on a solid metal substrate. This work utilizes modern electron microscopy techniques such as electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) to characterize the effects quantifiable microstructural condition have on the grain boundary penetration of zinc by gallium based alloys. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: Supplemental Proceedings volume |