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Deformation twinning serves as the primary mechanism of plasticity in body-centered tetragonal tin (Sn), a matrix component of most electronic interconnection materials, as temperature decreases. The formation of intragranular twins and their transmission across grain boundaries significantly influence the deformation behavior and susceptibility to brittle fracture for Sn-based alloys under cryogenic conditions. Here, we performed statistical analysis on a large data set of Sn grains from two commonly used commercial Sn-based solder alloys: Sn-3.0%Ag-0.5%Cu and Sn-3.5%Ag, through uniaxial tensile experiments at cryogenic temperatures and postmortem electron backscattered diffraction characterization. The results indicate that Sn grains with their caxis aligned along the tensile direction exhibit a higher likelihood of twin occurrence. Furthermore, the presence of neighboring grains that have already activated twins also plays a critical role in the generation of new twins. The twin transfer across grain boundaries is contingent upon the geometrical alignment of twin systems in adjacent grains; misalignment can lead to intergranular brittle fracture at cryogenic temperatures.
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MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
ISSN: 0921-5093
Year: 2025
Volume: 926
6 . 4 0 0
JCR@2022
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