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The molecular-dynamic method has been used to study the interaction of lattice vacancies with symmetrical grain boundaries (GBs) in aluminum. The fraction of trapped vacancies has been found to depend linearly on the distance to the GB plane. The average velocity of the vacancy migration toward the boundary decreases exponentially with an increase in the distance between the GB plane and vacancy. The radius of the region of trapping of a vacancy by the boundary is limited to two to three lattice parameters and grows with an increase in temperature. Four types of boundaries, which are characterized by different capability for the trapping of vacancies, have been determined.
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Original Russian Text © A.V. Weckman, B.F. Demyanov, A.S. Dragunov, 2015, published in Fizika Metallov i Metallovedenie, 2015, Vol. 116, No. 6, pp. 621–626.
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Weckman, A.V., Demyanov, B.F. & Dragunov, A.S. Molecular-dynamic investigation of the interaction of vacancies with symmetrical tilt grain boundaries in aluminum. Phys. Metals Metallogr. 116, 586–591 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031918X15060113
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