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On the relation between the anisotropies of grain boundary segregation and grain boundary energy

  • Paul Wynblatt EMAIL logo , Zhan Shi , Ying Pang and Dominique Chatain
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International Journal of Materials Research
From the journal International Journal of Materials Research Volume 96 Issue 10

Abstract

Recently developed models of grain boundary segregation and grain boundary energy, as a function of the 5 macroscopic parameters of grain boundary orientation, have been used to predict the behavior of a simple face centred cubic alloy. It is shown that the equilibrium composition, as well as the composition profile, on one side of a boundary with a given terminating plane, depends on the crystallographic orientation of the terminating plane of the other side of the grain boundary. These predictions are confirmed by recent measurements of Nb segregation to TiO2 grain boundaries. In addition, the models show stronger solute segregation to higher energy grain boundaries of the pure solvent. This result is also confirmed by the experimental distribution in orientation space of Nb segregation to TiO2 grain boundaries, when it is compared to the orientation distribution of the grain boundary energy of pure TiO2. The overall results are consistent with expectations from the Gibbs adsorption isotherm, and indicate that grain boundary energy anisotropy is decreased by grain boundary segregation.

Keywords: Grain boundaries; Segregation; Energy; Anisotropy
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Received: 2005-04-21
Accepted: 2005-07-05
Published Online: 2022-02-03

© 2005 Carl Hanser Verlag, München

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ijmr-2005-0197
Keywords for this article
Grain boundaries; Segregation; Energy; Anisotropy

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  1. Frontmatter
  2. Editorial
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  4. Articles Basic
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  6. Microstructural characteristics of 3-d networks
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  8. Grain growth kinetics in 2D polycrystals: impact of triple junctions
  9. Thermal stability of polycrystalline nanowires
  10. Conservative motion of parent-martensite interfaces
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  12. Thermodynamic stabilization of nanocrystallinity
  13. On the relation between the anisotropies of grain boundary segregation and grain boundary energy
  14. Influence of faceting-roughening on triple-junction migration in zinc
  15. The influence of triple junction kinetics on the evolution of polycrystalline materials during normal grain growth: New evidence from in-situ experiments using columnar Al foil
  16. Grain boundary dynamics and selective grain growth in non-ferromagnetic metals in high magnetic fields
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