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Solute-atom segregation at symmetric twist and tilt boundaries in binary metallic alloys on an atomic-scale

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Abstract

Monte Carlo and overlapping distributions Monte Carlo (ODMC) techniques are employed to simulate grain boundary (GB) segregation in a number of single-phase binary metallic alloys—the Au-Pt, Cu-Ni, Ni-Pd, and Ni-Pt systems. For a series of symmetric [001] twist and [001] tilt boundaries, with coincident site lattice (CSL) structures, we demonstrate that the Gibbsian interfacial excess of solute is a systematic function of the misorientation angle. We also explore in detail whether the GB solid solution behavior is ideal or nonideal by comparing the results of Monte Carlo and ODMC simulations. The range of binding free energies of specific atomic sites at GBs for solute atoms is also studied. The simulational results obtained demonstrate that the thermodynamic and statistical thermodynamic models commonly used to explain GB segregation are too simple to account for the microscopic segregation patterns observed, and that it is extremely difficult. If not impossible, to extract the observed microscopic information employing macroscopic models.

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    J. D. Rittner, D. Udler & D. N. Seidman

  2. Materials Research Center, R.R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University, 60208-3108, Evanston, IL

    J. D. Rittner, D. Udler & D. N. Seidman

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Rittner, J.D., Udler, D. & Seidman, D.N. Solute-atom segregation at symmetric twist and tilt boundaries in binary metallic alloys on an atomic-scale. Interface Sci 4, 65–80 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00200839

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