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  • ASTM
    C1678-10 Standard Practice for Fractographic Analysis of Fracture Mirror Sizes in Ceramics and Glasses
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Description of ASTM-C1678 2010

ASTM C1678 - 10

Standard Practice for Fractographic Analysis of Fracture Mirror Sizes in Ceramics and Glasses

Active Standard ASTM C1678 | Developed by Subcommittee: C28.03

Book of Standards Volume: 15.01




ASTM C1678

Significance and Use

Fracture mirror size analysis is a powerful tool for analyzing glass and ceramic fractures. Fracture mirrors are telltale fractographic markings in brittle materials that surround a fracture origin as discussed in Practices C1256 and C1322 . Fig. 1 shows a schematic with key features identified. Fig. 2 shows an example in glass. The fracture mirror region is very smooth and highly reflective in glasses, hence the name fracture mirror. In fact, high magnification microscopy reveals that, even within the mirror region in glasses, there are very fine features and escalating roughness as the crack advances away from the origin. These are submicrometer in size and hence are not discernable with an optical microscope. Early investigators interpreted fracture mirrors as having discrete boundaries including a mirror-mist boundary and also a mist-hackle boundary in glasses. These were also termed inner mirror or outer mirror boundaries, respectively. It is now known that there are no discrete boundaries corresponding to specific changes in the fractographic features. Surface roughness increases gradually from well within the fracture mirror to beyond the apparent boundaries. The boundaries were a matter of interpretation, the resolving power of the microscope, and the mode of viewing. In very weak specimens, the mirror may be larger than the specimen or component and the boundaries will not be present.

Figs. 3-5 show examples in ceramics. In polycrystalline ceramics, the qualifier relatively as in relatively smooth must be used, since there is an inherent roughness from the microstructure even in the area immediately surrounding the origin. In coarse-grained or porous ceramics, it may be impossible to identify a mirror boundary. In polycrystalline ceramics, it is highly unlikely that a mirror-mist boundary can be detected due to the inherent roughness created by the crack-microstructure interactions, even within the mirror. The word systematic in the definition for mirror-hackle boundary in polycrystalline ceramics requires some elaboration. Mirror boundary hackle lines are velocity hackle lines created after the radiating crack reaches terminal velocity. However, premature, isolated hackle can in some instances be generated well within a ceramic fracture mirror. It should be disregarded when judging the mirror boundary. Wake hackle from an isolated obstacle inside the mirror (such as a large grain or agglomerate) can trigger early premature hackle lines. Steps in scratches or grinding flaws can trigger hackle lines that emanate from the origin itself. Sometimes the microstructure of polycrystalline ceramics creates severe judgment problems in ceramic matrix composites (particulate, whisker, or platelet) or self-reinforced ceramics whereby elongated and interlocking grains impart greater fracture resistance. Mirrors may be plainly evident at low magnifications, but accurate assessment of their size can be difficult. The mirror region itself may be somewhat bumpy; therefore, some judgment as to what is a mirror boundary is necessary.

Fracture mirrors are circular in some loading conditions such as tension specimens with internal origins, or they are nearly semicircular for surface origins in tensile specimens, or if the mirrors are small in bend specimens. Their shapes can vary and be elongated or even incomplete in some directions if the fracture mirrors are in stress gradients. Fracture mirrors may be quarter circles if they form from corner origins in a specimen or component. Fracture mirrors only form in moderate to high local stress conditions. Weak specimens may not exhibit full or even partial mirror boundaries, since the crack may not achieve sufficient velocity within the confines of the specimen.


Fracture mirrors not only bring one s attention to an origin, but also give information about the magnitude of the stress at the origin that caused fracture and their distribution. The fracture mirror size and the stress at fracture are empirically correlated by Eq 1:

where:
? = stress at the origin (MPa or ksi),
R = fracture mirror radius (m or in),
A = fracture mirror constant (MPa ? m or ksi ? in).
Equation 1 is hereafter referred to as the empirical stress fracture mirror size relationship, or stress-mirror size relationship for short. A review of the history of Eq 1, and fracture mirror analysis in general, may be found in Refs 1 and 2.

A, the fracture mirror constant (sometimes also known as the mirror constant ) has units of stress intensity (MPa ? m or ksi ? in) and is considered by many to be a material property. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it is possible to discern separate mist and hackle regions and the apparent boundaries between them in glasses. Each has a corresponding mirror constant, A. The most common notation is to refer to the mirror-mist boundary as the inner mirror boundary, and its mirror constant is designated A i . The mist-hackle boundary is referred to as the outer mirror boundary, and its mirror constant is designated A o . The mirror-mist boundary is usually not perceivable in polycrystalline ceramics. Usually, only the mirror-hackle boundary is measured and only an A o for the mirror-hackle boundary is calculated. A more fundamental relationship than Eq 1 may be based on the stress intensity factors (K I ) at the mirror-mist or mist-hackle boundaries, but Eq 1 is more practical and simpler to use.

The size predictions based on Eq 1 and the A values, or alternatively stress intensity factors, match very closely for the limiting cases of small mirrors in tension specimens. This is also true for small semicircular mirrors centered on surface flaws in strong flexure specimens. So, at least for some special mirror cases, A should be directly related to a more fundamental parameter based on stress intensity factors.

The size of the fracture mirrors in laboratory test specimen fractures may be used in conjunction with known fracture mirror constants to verify the stress at fracture was as expected. The fracture mirror sizes and known stresses from laboratory test specimens may also be used to compute fracture mirror constants, A.

The size of the fracture mirrors in components may be used in conjunction with known fracture mirror constants to estimate the stress in the component at the origin. Practice C1322 has a comprehensive list of fracture mirror constants for a variety of ceramics and glasses.

1. Scope

1.1 This practice pertains to the analysis and interpretation of fracture mirror sizes in brittle materials. Fracture mirrors (Fig. 1) are telltale fractographic markings that surround a fracture origin in brittle materials. The fracture mirror size may be used with known fracture mirror constants to estimate the stress in a fractured component. Alternatively, the fracture mirror size may be used in conjunction with known stresses in test specimens to calculate fracture mirror constants. The practice is applicable to glasses and polycrystalline ceramic laboratory test specimens as well as fractured components. The analysis and interpretation procedures for glasses and ceramics are similar, but they are not identical. Different optical microscopy examination techniques are listed and described, including observation angles, illumination methods, appropriate magnification, and measurement protocols. Guidance is given for calculating a fracture mirror constant and for interpreting the fracture mirror size and shape for both circular and noncircular mirrors including stress gradients, geometrical effects, and/or residual stresses. The practice provides figures and micrographs illustrating the different types of features commonly observed in and measurement techniques used for the fracture mirrors of glasses and polycrystalline ceramics.

1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.

1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.


2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

ASTM Standards

C1145 Terminology of Advanced Ceramics

C1256 Practice for Interpreting Glass Fracture Surface Features

C1322 Practice for Fractography and Characterization of Fracture Origins in Advanced Ceramics


Keywords

ceramics; fractography; fracture mirror; fracture strength; fracture stress; fracture surface; glasses; hackle; microscope; mist; origin; residual stresses; Ceramicware; Fracture mirrors; Fracture testing--glass; Glassware;


ICS Code

ICS Number Code 81.060.20 (Ceramic products)


DOI: 10.1520/C1678-10

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