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Main Authors: Fu, Chu-Liang, Gorrey, Rajendra Prasad, Zhou, Bi-Cheng
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Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.15384
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author Fu, Chu-Liang
Gorrey, Rajendra Prasad
Zhou, Bi-Cheng
author_facet Fu, Chu-Liang
Gorrey, Rajendra Prasad
Zhou, Bi-Cheng
contents Exploiting Chemical Short-Range Order (CSRO) is a promising avenue for manipulating the properties of alloys. However, existing modeling frameworks are not sufficient to predict CSRO in multicomponent alloys (>3 components) in an efficient and reliable manner. In this work, we developed a hybrid computational thermodynamics framework by combining unique advantages from Cluster Variation Method (CVM) and CALculation of PHAse Diagram (CALPHAD) method. The key is to decompose the cumbersome cluster variables in CVM into fewer site variables of the basic cluster using the Fowler-Yang-Li (FYL) transform, which considerably reduces the number of variables that must be minimized for multicomponent systems. CSRO is incorporated into CALPHAD with a novel cluster-based solution model called FYL-CVM. This new framework brings more physics into CALPHAD while maintaining its practicality and achieves a good balance between accuracy and computational cost. It leverages statistical mechanics to yield a more physical description of configurational entropy and opens the door to cluster-based CALPHAD database development. The application of the FYL-CVM model in a prototype fcc AB alloy demonstrates its capability to correctly reproduce the essential features of the phase diagram and thermodynamic properties. The hybrid CVM-CALPHAD framework represents a new methodology for thermodynamic modeling that enables atomic-scale order to be exploited for materials design.
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spellingShingle A Cluster-Based Computational Thermodynamics Framework with Intrinsic Chemical Short-Range Order: Part I. Configurational Contribution
Fu, Chu-Liang
Gorrey, Rajendra Prasad
Zhou, Bi-Cheng
Materials Science
Chemical Physics
Exploiting Chemical Short-Range Order (CSRO) is a promising avenue for manipulating the properties of alloys. However, existing modeling frameworks are not sufficient to predict CSRO in multicomponent alloys (>3 components) in an efficient and reliable manner. In this work, we developed a hybrid computational thermodynamics framework by combining unique advantages from Cluster Variation Method (CVM) and CALculation of PHAse Diagram (CALPHAD) method. The key is to decompose the cumbersome cluster variables in CVM into fewer site variables of the basic cluster using the Fowler-Yang-Li (FYL) transform, which considerably reduces the number of variables that must be minimized for multicomponent systems. CSRO is incorporated into CALPHAD with a novel cluster-based solution model called FYL-CVM. This new framework brings more physics into CALPHAD while maintaining its practicality and achieves a good balance between accuracy and computational cost. It leverages statistical mechanics to yield a more physical description of configurational entropy and opens the door to cluster-based CALPHAD database development. The application of the FYL-CVM model in a prototype fcc AB alloy demonstrates its capability to correctly reproduce the essential features of the phase diagram and thermodynamic properties. The hybrid CVM-CALPHAD framework represents a new methodology for thermodynamic modeling that enables atomic-scale order to be exploited for materials design.
title A Cluster-Based Computational Thermodynamics Framework with Intrinsic Chemical Short-Range Order: Part I. Configurational Contribution
topic Materials Science
Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.15384