Anomalous Hardening of Two-Component Disordered Crystals

Abstract

The nature of increasing the strength of disordered two-component solid solutions in comparison with materials consisting of atoms of one component is studied. For this purpose, the contribution of extreme fluctuations in the distribution of solution atoms, which create obstacles for the movement of dislocation kinks, is calculated. It is shown that the slow (power-law) decrease in the probability of large delays on such obstacles leads to anomalous kinetics of kinks. It is accompanied by a slowdown of dislocation motion. This may be the reason for the hardening of the material.