About this Abstract | 
  
   
    | Meeting | 
    2020 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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    | Symposium 
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    Algorithm Development in Materials Science and Engineering
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    | Presentation Title | 
    An Atomistic Framework to Understand Solute Grain Boundary Segregation in a Polycrystal | 
  
   
    | Author(s) | 
    Malik  Wagih, Christopher  A.  Schuh | 
  
   
    | On-Site Speaker (Planned) | 
    Malik  Wagih | 
  
   
    | Abstract Scope | 
    
Solute segregation at grain boundaries (GBs) is a potent approach to thermally stabilize nanocrystalline alloys. A basic requirement for this approach is the ability to correctly predict the magnitude of such segregation in a given alloy system. To date, the main thermodynamic models used to solve for the extent of segregation treat GBs as a “lump” region that only has one site-type available for segregation. This treatment represents a major simplification, and is in fact oversimplified for even the most ordered types of GBs; it takes into account neither the variety of types of GBs present in a polycrystal nor the variation of atomic sites within each individual GB. This talk will outline a thermodynamic and computational framework to determine the distribution of GB segregation energies in a polycrystalline binary alloy and highlight the significance of such distributions on the prediction of solute segregation at GBs. | 
  
   
    | Proceedings Inclusion? | 
    Planned: Supplemental Proceedings volume |