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Interstitial impurities at grain boundaries in metals: insight from atomistic calculations

  • Rebecca Janisch and Christian Elsässer
Published/Copyright: June 11, 2013
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International Journal of Materials Research
From the journal International Journal of Materials Research Volume 100 Issue 11

Abstract

The investigation of segregation and embrittlement at grain boundaries in metals is a research area with a long tradition. In recent times, the feasibility of computational studies on the atomic scale gave a new impetus to the community. In this feature article we summarize our contributions to the understanding of segregation of interstitial impurities and embrittlement at grain boundaries in the bcc transition metals against the background of research activities in the field. We mainly discuss the benefits and limitations of ab-initio electronic structure calculations.

Keywords: Segregation; Embrittlement; Ab-initio calculations
* Correspondence address, Dr. Rebecca Janisch Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Materials SimulationRuhr-University Bochum 44780 Bochum, Germany Tel.: +49 234 32 29304 Fax: +49 234 32 14984 E-mail:

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Received: 2009-8-19
Accepted: 2009-9-15
Published Online: 2013-06-11
Published in Print: 2009-11-01

© 2009, Carl Hanser Verlag, München

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https://doi.org/10.3139/146.110206
Keywords for this article
Segregation; Embrittlement; Ab-initio calculations

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  2. Contents
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  4. Multiscale materials simulation: the maturing of a scientific concept
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  8. Multiscale modeling of polymers at interfaces
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  10. Basic
  11. Relative effects of Mo and B on ferrite and bainite kinetics in strong steels
  12. Experimental study of phase relations in the ZrO2–La2O3–Y2O3 system
  13. Surface tension of liquid Al–Cu binary alloys
  14. Microstructure of Ti-6Al-4V specimens produced by shaped metal deposition
  15. A mesoscopic grain boundary sliding controlled flow model for superplasticity in intermetallics
  16. Molten salt synthesis and phase evolution of Ba(Cd1/3Nb2/3)O3
  17. Applied
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  19. Transformation of reverted austenite in a maraging steel under external loading: an in-situ X-ray diffraction study using high-energy synchrotron radiation
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