The Relationship between Grain Boundary Energy, Grain Boundary Complexion Transitions, and Grain Size in Ca-Doped Yttria

2013 ◽  
Vol 753 ◽  
pp. 87-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie A. Bojarski ◽  
Jocelyn Knighting ◽  
Shuai Lei Ma ◽  
William Lenthe ◽  
Martin P. Harmer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Size Distribution ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Lower Energy ◽  
Boundary Energy ◽  
Grain Boundary Energy ◽  
Entire Sample ◽  
Small Grains ◽  
The Relationship

The thermal groove technique has been used to measure relative grain boundary energies in two 100 ppm Ca-doped yttria samples. The first has a normal grain size distribution and the boundaries have a bilayer of segregated Ca. In the second sample, there is a combination of large grains and small grains. The boundaries around the large grains are known to have an intergranular film. The results show that the relative energies of boundaries in the sample with normal grain growth and the boundaries around small grains far from larger grains in the second sample are similar. Also, boundaries surrounding the largest grains and small grains immediately adjacent to them have the same and significantly lower energies. The results indicate that grain boundaries with an intergranular film have a lower energy than those with bilayer segregation and that the intergranular film extends beyond the periphery of the largest grains, but not throughout the entire sample.

Effect of Grain Boundary Energy in Recrystallization Simulation by Phase Field Method

2020 ◽  
Vol 993 ◽  
pp. 953-958
Author(s):  
Yan Wu ◽  
Ren Chuang Yan ◽  
Er Wei Qin ◽  
Wei Dong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Phase Field ◽  
Boundary Energy ◽  
Phase Field Model ◽  
Field Method ◽  
Phase Field Method ◽  
Grain Boundary Energy ◽  
Average Grain Size

In this paper, the effect of grain boundary energy in AZ31 Mg alloy with multi-order parameters phenomenological phase field model has been discussed during the progress of recrystallization. The average grain size of the recrystallization grain at a certain temperature and a certain restored energy but various grain boundary energies have been studied, and the simulated results show that the larger the grain boundary energy is, the larger the average grain size will be, and the speed of grain growth will increase with the increase of grain boundary energy. Additionally, temperature will also increase the grain growth rate.

Grain Boundary Energy and Grain Growth in Highly-Textured Al Films and Foils: Experiment and Simulation

2005 ◽  
Vol 495-497 ◽  
pp. 1255-1260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katayun Barmak ◽  
W.E. Archibald ◽  
Jihwan Kim ◽  
Chang Soo Kim ◽  
Anthony D. Rollett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Misorientation Angle ◽  
Multiscale Analysis ◽  
Boundary Energy ◽  
Dihedral Angles ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Grain Boundary Energy ◽  
Small Grains ◽  
Good Agreement

Relative grain boundary energy as a function of misorientation angle was measured in a cube-oriented, 120 µm-thick Al foil and in a <111> fiber-textured, 1.7 µm-thick Al film using a multiscale analysis of the grain boundary dihedral angles. For the Al foil, the energies of low-angle boundaries increased with misorientation angle, in good agreement with the Read-Shockley model. For the Al film, two energy minima were observed for high-angle boundaries. Grain growth was studied in 25 and 100 nm-thick films that were annealed at 400 °C for a series of times in the range of 0.5 to 10 h. For the 100 nm-thick film, grains approximately doubled their size (equivalent circular diameter) before grain growth stagnated. The steady-state distributions of reduced grain area for two-dimensional, Monte Carlo Potts and partial differential equation based simulations showed excellent agreement with each other, even when anisotropic boundary energies were used. However, the simulated distributions had fewer small grains than the experimental distributions.

The effect of excess neodymia on the grain growth of Nd1+xBa2−xCu3Oy solid solutions

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 2819-2832 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell B. Rogenski ◽  
Kenneth H. Sandhage ◽  
Alexander L. Vasiliev ◽  
Eric P. Kvam
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Boundary Energy ◽  
Grain Boundary Energy ◽  
Detectable Change ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Average Grain Size ◽  
Second Phases

The grain growth of dense, fine-grained Nd1+xBa2−xCu3Oy (x = 0.1−0.4) specimens has been examined in pure O2(g) at 938 °C and 967 °C. No detectable change in average grain size was observed for Nd1.4Ba1.6Cu3Oy within 72 h at 967 °C; however, a significant increase in average grain size developed between 18 and 24 h at 967 °C for Nd1.3Ba1.7Cu3Oy, and within 8−12 h at ≤967 °C for Nd1.2Ba1.8Cu3Oy and Nd1.1Ba1.9Cu3Oy. Microstructural analyses revealed that sudden changes in average grain size coincided with the formation of relatively large (abnormal) grains. A broadening of the grain size distribution was also observed. TEM analyses revealed that grain boundaries were free of second phases. The possible role of anisotropy in grain boundary energy and/or mobility on grain growth is discussed.

Influence of grain boundary energy on the grain size evolution in nanocrystalline materials

2009 ◽  
Vol 475 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 893-897 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Chen ◽  
Feng Liu ◽  
Wei Yang ◽  
Haifeng Wang ◽  
Gencang Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Nanocrystalline Materials ◽  
Boundary Energy ◽  
Grain Boundary Energy ◽  
Size Evolution

Grain boundary energy changes during grain growth in nickel and 316L austenitic steel

1986 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Przetakiewicz ◽  
K. J. Kurzydłowski ◽  
M. W. Grabski
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Austenitic Steel ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Boundary Energy ◽  
Grain Boundary Energy

Monte-Carlo Simulation of Goss Abnormal Grain Growth in Fe-3%Si Steel by Sub-Boundary Enhanced Solid-State Wetting

2012 ◽  
Vol 715-716 ◽  
pp. 146-151
Author(s):  
K.J. Ko ◽  
A.D. Rollett ◽  
N.M. Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Solid State ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Boundary Energy ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Abnormal Grain Growth ◽  
Grain Boundary Energy ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Mc Simulation

The selective abnormal grain growth (AGG) of Goss grains in Fe-3%Si steel was investigated using a parallel Monte-Carlo (MC) simulation based on the new concept of sub-boundary enhanced solid-state wetting. Goss grains with low angle sub-boundaries will induce solid-state wetting against matrix grains with a moderate variation in grain boundary energy. Three-dimensional MC simulations of microstructure evolution with textures and grain boundary distributions matched to experimental data is using in this study.

The Effect of Variability Among Grain Boundary Energies on Grain Growth in Thin Film Strips

1994 ◽  
Vol 338 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.J. Frost ◽  
Y. Hayashi ◽  
C.V. Thompson ◽  
D.T. Walton
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Boundary Energy ◽  
Strip Width ◽  
Grain Boundary Energy ◽  
Triple Junctions ◽  
Interconnect Reliability ◽  
Bamboo Structure ◽  
Grain Boundary Pinning

ABSTRACTGrain growth in thin-film strips is important to interconnect reliability because grain boundary structures strongly effect the rate and mechanism of electromigration-induced failure. Previous simulations of this process have indicated that the transformation to the fully bamboo structure proceeds at a rate which decreases exponentially with time, and which is inversely proportional to the square of the strip width. We have also reported that grain boundary pinning due to surface grooving implies that there exists a maximum strip width to thickness ratio beyond which the transformation to the bamboo structure does not proceed to completion. In this work we have extended our simulation of grain growth in thin films and thin film strips to consider the effects of variations in grain boundary energy. Boundary energy is taken to depend on the misorientation between the two neighboring grain and the resulting variations in grain boundary energy mean that dihedral angles at triple junctions deviate from 120°. The proportionality between boundary velocities and local curvatures, and the critical curvature for boundary pinning due to surface grooving also both depend on boundary energy. In the case of thin-film strips, the effect of boundary energy variability is to impede the transformation to the bamboo structure, and reduce the width above which the complete bamboo structure is never reached. Those boundaries which do remain upon stagnation tend to be of low energy (low misorientation angle) and are therefore probably of low diffusivity, so that their impact on reliability is probably reduced.

Phase Field Model of Grain Growth Using Quaternions

2012 ◽  
Vol 715-716 ◽  
pp. 776-781
Author(s):  
Santidan Biswas ◽  
Indradev Samajdar ◽  
Arunansu Haldar ◽  
Anirban Sain
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Phase Field ◽  
Boundary Energy ◽  
Scaling Law ◽  
Phase Field Model ◽  
Polycrystalline Sample ◽  
Mechanical Processing ◽  
Grain Boundary Energy ◽  
Grain Orientations

The microstructure of a material determines its mechanical properties. Since microstructure can be tailored by thermo-mechanical processing of the metal, it is important to understand how the microstructure evolves under thermo-mechanical processing. We have constructed a phase field formalism to study recrystallization and grain growth in polycrystalline material. A unique feature of our model is that the Euler Angles (φ1,φ,φ2), obtained from Electron Back Scattered Diffraction (EBSD) data of a polycrystalline sample can be taken as an input to our model. In our model, the grain orientations at discrete grid points are represented by a non-conserved vector field, namely a quaternion. The free energy used for the evolution of the local orientations contains bulk energy for various preferred grain types and grain boundary energy. The grain orientations evolve in time following a Langevin dynamics. So far we have established that the rate of grain growth follows the usual L ~ t1/2scaling law when the grain boundary energy is independent of the misorientation angle between neighboring grains. Work on other aspects of this model is in progress.

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