Abstract
Nano-sized bubble dispersion in copper was achieved by a powder metallurgy method based on ball milling and spark plasma sintering. The microstructure of bubbles was evaluated by using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), and the bubble size and interspacing were further quantitatively determined from small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) measurement. From TEM observation, the average radius of bubbles is 2nm and their interspacing is 75nm, while according to SAXS measurement, the radius is found to be 1.5nm and the interspacing is 54nm. By combining those parameters with the bubble distribution and Vickers hardness, the obstacle strength factor was evaluated as 0.23 by using TEM result, and 0.16 by using SAXS data. This suggested that bubbles could impede dislocation motion.
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