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 |