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Title: | Structural Disjoining Potential of Grain Boundary Premelting in Aluminum-Magnesium via Monte Carlo Simulations |
Authors: | Power, Tara C. |
Advisor: | Hoyt, Jeff J. Provatas, Nik Gaulin, Bruce |
Department: | Physics |
Keywords: | Monte Carlo;Grain Boundary;Premelting;Disjoining potential;semi-grand canonical ensemble;embedded atom method;binary alloy;Metallurgy;Metallurgy |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Abstract: | <p>Premelting is the formation of a thin, thermodynamically stable, liquid-like film at an interface for temperatures below the equilibrium melting temperature. Using a Monte Carlo technique, the underlying short range structural forces for premelting at the grain boundary can be directly calculated. This technique is applied to a (i) Σ9 ⟨115⟩ 120<sup>o</sup> twist boundary and a (ii) Σ9 ⟨011⟩ {411} symmetric tilt boundary in an embedded atom model of Aluminum-Magnesium alloy. Both grain boundaries exhibit disordered structures near the melting point that depend on the concentration of Magnesium. The behavior is described quantitatively with sharp interface thermodynamics, involving an interfacial free energy that depends on width of the grain boundary, referred to as the disjoining potential. The disjoining potential calculated for boundary (i) displays a decreasing exponential dependence on width of the grain boundary, while the disjoining potential of (ii) features a weak attractive minimum. This work is discussed in relation to a previous study using pure Nickel, results of which can be useful to the theoretical study of thermodynamic forces underlying grain boundary premelting in an alloy.</p> |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/12996 |
Identifier: | opendissertations/7833 8910 4182639 |
Appears in Collections: | Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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