Abstract
Despite of extensive studies about surface oxidation of metals and alloys, the impact of external loadings on nanoscale initial oxidation remains relatively unclear. Here, we demonstrate that surface prestrains and dynamic loadings can effectively modulate the initial oxidation of Al(1-x)Nix alloys. We find that prestrains can not only suppress or promote outward and inward ionic diffusions, but change the oxygen Ehrlich-Schwöbel (ES) barrier across oxide islands. The former affects the oxidation kinetics while the latter leads to a oxide growth mode transtion, which comprehensively determines the evolution of oxide nanostructure. In addition, we propose a theoretical chemo-mechanical coupling model to predict the internal stress evolution and the stress relaxation in Al0.7Ni0.3 oxidation. Finally, the study of Al and Al0.7Ni0.3 oxidations under dynamic strains shows that alloying nickel in aluminum effectively enhances the oxidation resistance under cyclic loadings by intensifying the chemo-mechanical coupling effect. Findings in this work may shed the light on the modulation of surface oxidation through applying mechanical loadings, and is helpful to the materials design and protection.
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