TY - JOUR A1 - Sturm, D. A1 - Heilmaier, M. A1 - Schneibel, J.H. A1 - Jéhanno, P. A1 - Skrotzki, Birgit A1 - Saage, H. T1 - The influence of silicon on the strength and fracture toughness of molybdenum JF - Materials science and engineering A N2 - Mo–Si alloys containing up to 1 wt.% Si were fabricated by powder-metallurgical processing and their lattice parameters, elastic constants, densities, grain sizes, strengths, ductilities, and fracture toughness values were measured. The yield strength was insensitive to the grain size, i.e., a Hall–Petch relationship was not observed. Generally, Si additions caused pronounced solid solution strengthening. However, for small Si concentrations (≤0.1 wt.%) solid solution softening was observed at room temperature and below. With increasing Si concentration, the room temperature ductility and fracture toughness dropped precipitously. This is attributed to the increase in strength and a transition from transgranular to intergranular fracture. KW - Molybdenum KW - Solid solution strengthening KW - Solid solution softening KW - Hall-Petch relationship PY - 2007 SN - 0921-5093 SN - 1873-4936 VL - 463 IS - 1-2 SP - 107 EP - 114 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-14820 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -