Dynamic tensile strength of mercury
Abstract
The dynamic tensile strength of mercury has been determined using very-short-duration (∼100 ns) stress pulses generated by an electron-beam machine. Tensile strengths of 1900 MPa (19 kbar) are observed for mercury at maximum tensile stress rates of ∼75 MPa/ns. These results are somewhat lower than the value of 3000 MPa predicted by homogeneous nucleation theory.
- Publication:
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Journal of Applied Physics
- Pub Date:
- September 1975
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.322112
- Bibcode:
- 1975JAP....46.4069C
- Keywords:
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- 62.10.+s;
- 45.50.Hx;
- Mechanical properties of liquids