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Grain-boundary migration in single-phase and particle-containing materials

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An understanding of the detailed mechanisms which control the migration of grain boundaries through multiphase materials is limited. In this article, the forces which may cause grain-boundary migration (such as those due to recrystallization, grain growth and a redistribution of chemical species) together with effects which oppose this motion (such as solute drag and particle pinning) are reviewed. Theories of grain-boundary migration are presented and, in particular, the influence of grain-boundary structure on these models is discussed. It is shown that experimental studies of grain-boundary migration in bicrystals offer the best opportunity of relating migration mechanisms to the grain-boundary structure. In the light of this an attempt is made to develop an experimental approach by which the interaction of a migrating boundary with a dispersion of particles might be studied.

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    Present address: Plessey Research (Caswell) Ltd, Towcester, UK

  2. Brian Ralph

    Present address: Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, University College, Cardiff, Wales, UK

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Grant, E., Porter, A. & Ralph, B. Grain-boundary migration in single-phase and particle-containing materials. J Mater Sci 19, 3554–3573 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00552268

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