Atomic structures and migration mechanisms of interphase boundaries during body- to face-centered cubic phase transformations

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 1176-1188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunhao Huang ◽  
Jincheng Wang ◽  
Zhijun Wang ◽  
Junjie Li

Atomic structures and migration mechanisms of interphase boundaries have been of scientific interest for many years owing to their significance in the field of phase transformations. Though the interphase boundary structures can be deduced from crystallographic investigations, the detailed atomic structures and migration mechanisms of interphase boundaries during phase transformations are still poorly understood. In this study, a systematic study on atomic structures and migration mechanisms of interphase boundaries in a body-centered cubic (b.c.c.) to face-centered cubic (f.c.c.) massive transformation was carried out using the phase-field crystal model. Simulation results show that the f.c.c./b.c.c. interphase boundaries can be classified into faceted interphase boundaries and side surfaces. The faceted interphase boundaries are semi-coherent with a group of dislocations, leading to a ledge migration mechanism, while the side surfaces are incoherent and thus migrate in a continuous way. After a careful analysis of the simulated migration process of interphase boundaries at atomic scales, a detailed description of the ledge mechanism based on the motion and nucleation of interphase boundary dislocations is presented. The ledge-forming process is accompanied by the nucleation of new heterogeneous dislocations and motions of original dislocations, and thus the barrier of ledge formation comes from the hindrance of these two dislocation behaviors. Once the ledge is formed, the original dislocations continue to advance until the ledge height reaches 1/|Δg|, where Δg represents the difference in reciprocal lattice vectors between two phases. The new heterogeneous dislocation moves along the radial direction of the interphase boundary, resulting in ledge extension. The interface dislocation behaviors greatly affect the migration of the interphase boundary, leading to different migration kinetics of faceted interphase boundaries under the Kurdjumov–Sachs and the Nishiyama–Wasserman orientation relationships. This study revealed the mechanisms and kinetics of complex structure transition during a b.c.c.–f.c.c. massive phase transformation and can shed some light on the process of solid phase transformations.

2008 ◽  
Vol 373-374 ◽  
pp. 318-321
Author(s):  
J. Liang ◽  
M.K. Lei

Effects of stacking faults in a high nitrogen face-centered-cubic phase (γΝ) formed on plasma source ion nitrided 1Cr18Ni9Ti (18-8 type) austenitic stainless steel on peak shift and peak asymmetry of x-ray diffraction were investigated based on Warren’s theory and Wagner’s method, respectively. The peak shift from peak position of the γΝ phase is ascribed to the deformation faults density α, while the peak asymmetry of the γΝ phase is characterized by deviation of the center of gravity of a peak from the peak maximum (Δ C.G.) due to the twin faults density β. The calculated peak positions of x-ray diffraction patterns are consistent with that measured for plasma source ion nitrided 1Cr18Ni9Ti stainless steel.


2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 210-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Tari ◽  
A. D. Rollett ◽  
H. Beladi

A new approach is presented for calculating the parent orientation from sets of variants of orientations produced by phase transformation. The parent austenite orientation is determined using the orientations of bainite variants that transformed from a single parent austenite grain. In this approach, the five known orientation relationships are used to back transform each observed bainite variant to all their potential face-centered-cubic (f.c.c.) parent orientations. A set of potential f.c.c. orientations has one representative from each bainite variant, and each set is assembled on the basis of minimum mutual misorientation. The set of back-transformed orientations with the minimum summation of mutual misorientation angle (SMMA) is selected as the most probable parent (austenite) orientation. The availability of multiple sets permits a confidence index to be calculated from the best and next best fits to a parent orientation. The results show good agreement between the measured parent austenite orientation and the calculated parent orientation having minimum SMMA.


Author(s):  
U. Dahmen ◽  
C. Nelson ◽  
K.H. Westmacott

The difficulty of precipitating germanium in dilute aluminum-germanium alloys is due to a large difference in crystal structures (face-centered cubic and diamond cubic) accompanied by a substantial volume expansion of 36%. A great variety of precipitate morphologies and orientation relationships are observed. A frequently found morphology is that of <100> needles. By selected area diffraction and Moire fringes it has been established that <100> Al and <110> Ge are parallel along the needle axis. The typical aspect ratio of about 100 has made it difficult in the past to investigate the cross-sectional shape and internal structure of these needles, although some indications of internal twinning were found in plates. in the present work, the Berkeley Atomic Resolution Microscope was used to examine needles in cross section by imaging along the <110> Ge <100> Al needle axis.


2019 ◽  
Vol 116 (4) ◽  
pp. 1180-1184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyerim Hwang ◽  
David A. Weitz ◽  
Frans Spaepen

We study the kinetics of crystal growth and melting of two types of colloidal crystals: body-centered cubic (BCC) crystals and face-centered cubic (FCC) crystals. A dielectrophoretic “electric bottle” confines colloids, enabling precise control of the motion of the interface. We track the particle motion, and by introducing a structural order parameter, we measure the jump frequencies of particles to and from the crystal and determine from these the free-energy difference between the phases and the interface mobility. We find that the interface is rough in both BCC and FCC cases. Moreover, the jump frequencies correspond to those expected from the random walk of the particles, which translates to collision-limited growth in metallic systems. The mobility of the BCC interface is greater than that of the FCC interface. In addition, contrary to the prediction of some early computer simulations, we show that there is no significant asymmetry between the mobilities for crystallization and melting.


Author(s):  
V. S. Kraposhin ◽  
N. D. Simich-Lafitskiy ◽  
A. L. Talis ◽  
A. A. Everstov ◽  
M. Yu. Semenov

A mechanism is proposed for the nucleus formation at the mutual transformation of austenite and cementite crystals. The mechanism is founded on the interpretation of the considered structures as crystallographic tiling onto non-intersecting rods of triangulated polyhedra. A 15-vertex fragment of this linear substructure of austenite (cementite) can be transformed by diagonal flipping in a rhombus consisting of two adjacent triangular faces into a 15-vertex fragment of cementite (austenite). In the case of the mutual austenite–cementite transformation, the mutual orientation of the initial and final fragments coincides with the Thomson–Howell orientation relationships which are experimentally observed [Thompson & Howell (1988). Scr. Metall. 22, 229–233] in steels. The observed orientation relationship between f.c.c. austenite and cementite is determined by a crystallographic group–subgroup relationship between transformation participants and noncrystallographic symmetry which determines the transformation of triangulated clusters of transformation participants. Sequential fulfillment of diagonal flipping in the 15-vertex fragments of linear substructure (these fragments are equivalent by translation) ensures the austenite–cementite transformation in the whole infinite crystal. The energy barrier for diagonal flipping in the rhombus with iron atoms in its vertices has been calculated using the Morse interatomic potential and is found to be equal to 162 kJ mol−1 at the face-centered cubic–body-centered cubic transformation temperature in iron.


1996 ◽  
Vol 427 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. R. Chen ◽  
L. J. Chen

AbstractThermal stability and failure mechanisms of Au/TiW(N)/Si and Au/TiW(N)/SiO2/Si systems have been studied by both conventional and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, X- ray diffraction and Auger electron spectroscopy. For films deposited in Ar gas containing 20% N2, a single face-centered-cubic phase was the only crystalline phase detected to form. The samples were found to remain stable after annealing at 700 °C for 30 min. The stability temperature for Au/TiW(N)(Ar:N2=80:20)/SiO2/Si samples was found to be higher than those of Au/TiW(N) (Ar:N2=90:10)/SiO2/Si and Au/TiW/SiO2/Si samples.


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