Response of Seven Crystallographic Orientations of Sapphire Crystals to Shock Stresses of 16 to 86 GPa

Details Response of Seven Crystallographic Orientations of Sapphire Crystals to Shock Stresses of 16 to 86 GPa Response of Seven Crystallographic Orientations of Sapphire Crystals to Shock Stresses of 16 to 86 GPa

2009-08-13

arxiv.org/abs/0908.2058v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

18 pages, 18 figures

Scientific paper

Shock-wave profiles of sapphire (single-crystal Al2O3) with seven crystallographic orientations were measured with time-resolved VISAR interferometry at shock stresses in the range 16 to 86 GPa. Shock propagation was normal to the surface of each cut. The angle between the c-axis of the hexagonal crystal structure and the direction of shock propagation varied from 0 for c-cut up to 90 degrees for m-cut in the basal plane. Based on published shock-induced transparencies, shock-induced optical transparency correlates with the smoothness of the shock-wave profile. The ultimate goal was to find the direction of shock propagation in sapphire that is most transparent as a window. Particle velocity histories were recorded at the interface between a sapphire crystal and a LiF window. In most cases measured wave profiles are noisy as a result of heterogeneity of deformation. Measured values of Hugoniot Elastic Limits (HELs) depend on direction of shock compression and peak shock stress. The largest HEL values were recorded for shock loading along the c-axis and perpendicular to c along the m-direction. Shock compression along the m- and s-directions is accompanied by the smallest heterogeneity of deformation and the smallest rise time of the plastic shock wave. m- and s-cut sapphire most closely approach ideal elastic-plastic flow, which suggests that m- and s-cut sapphire are probably the orientations that remains most transparent to highest shock pressures. Under purely elastic deformation sapphire has very high spall strength, which depends on load duration and peak stress. Plastic deformation of sapphire causes loss of its tensile strength.

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