Structural changes on the surface of tungsten foils under uniaxial tension

Abstract

A change in the surface morphology of recrystallized tungsten foil under the effect of uniaxial tension in ultrahigh vacuum is studied by low-energy electron diffraction and atomic force microscopy. It is found by using low-energy electron diffraction that on the foil surface consisting of separate blocks with dominant face (112), there is a turn in orientation of the structural blocks. The analysis of the topograms of different areas of the side surface of a broken sample, obtained by atomic force microscopy, enabled the association of changes in the atomic structure of the surface layers of foil with a change in its relief by mechanical action.