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Cellular precipitation

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A theory of cellular precipitation is developed that assumes the interlamellar spacing to be controlled by the nucleation of new precipitate lamellae in recesses that develop in the advancing grain boundary at a sufficiently large interlamellar spacing. The theory also assumes a grain-boundary diffusion mechanism of mass transport, the maximum possible departure from local equilibrium across the grain boundary, and a grain-boundary model developed by Hillert. Application of the theory to all existing data that are sufficiently complet gives values for grain-boundary diffusivities that are both reasonable and in accord with existing diffusitivity data. It also suggests strongly that the velocity of grain-boundary migration is much more strongly dependent on driving force than the linear dependence given in most current theories. The interlamellar-spacing criterion proposed here is in reasonably good agreement with existing experimental data and with the experimental observation of Tu and Turnbull.

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BRUCE E. SUNDQUIST, formely with the U.S. Steel Corp., E. C. Bain Laboratory for Fundamental Research

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Sundquist, B.E. Cellular precipitation. Metall Trans 4, 1919–1934 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02665420

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