Mechanical properties, strength physics and plasticity

The sensitivity of dislocation rosettes to the shape of a Berkovich indenter on LiF and MgO crystals

D. Z. Grabko, K. Pyrtsac, O. Shikimaka

Institute of Applied Physics Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Kishinev

Abstract: The peculiar effect observed under the indentation of the (001) plane of LiF and MgO single crystals, namely, the sensitivity of the form of dislocation rosettes to the shape of the indenter, is considered. It is shown that the dislocation rosettes being formed around Vickers indentations are symmetrical, while the rosettes around Berkovich indentations are asymmetrical, the edge arms of the dislocation rosettes are different with respect to their length, and the screw arms do not demonstrate such asymmetry. Also, an orientational effect is found under the penetration of a Berkovich indenter, thus, the form of the dislocation rosettes and length of the edge arms change at varying the orientation of the indenter relative to the crystallographic directions of the sample. It is also shown that the asymmetry of the dislocation rosettes is more pronounced on harder crystals and increases with the growth in the load on the indenter. The factors responsible for the anomaly in the development of the dislocation rosettes under nano- and microindentation of the (001) plane of cubic crystals by a Berkovich indenter are found.

Keywords: LiF and MgO single crystals, nano- and microindentation, Berkovich and Vickers pyramids, dislocation rosettess.

Received: 14.01.2020
Revised: 17.02.2020
Accepted: 25.02.2020

DOI: 10.21883/FTT.2020.08.49607.003

 English version: Physics of the Solid State, 2020, 62:8, 1386–1393

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