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| author | Wagih, Malik Naunheim, Yannick Lei, Tianjiao Schuh, Christopher A. |
| author_facet | Wagih, Malik Naunheim, Yannick Lei, Tianjiao Schuh, Christopher A. |
| contents | In alloys, solute segregation at grain boundaries is classically attributed to three driving forces: a high solution enthalpy, a high size mismatch, and a high difference in interfacial energy. These effects are generally cast into a single scalar segregation energy and used to predict grain boundary solute enrichment or depletion. This approach neglects the physics of segregation at many competing grain boundary sites, and can also miss electronic effects that are energetically significant to the problem. In this paper, we demonstrate that such driving forces cannot explain, nor thus predict, segregation in some alloys. Using quantum-accurate segregation spectra that have recently become available for some polycrystalline alloys, we predict strong segregation for gold in aluminum, a solvent-solute combination that does not conform to classical driving forces. Our experiments confirm these predictions and reveal gold enrichment at grain boundaries that is two orders of magnitude over the bulk lattice solute concentration. |
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| spellingShingle | Grain Boundary Segregation Predicted by Quantum-Accurate Segregation Spectra but not by Classical Models Wagih, Malik Naunheim, Yannick Lei, Tianjiao Schuh, Christopher A. Materials Science In alloys, solute segregation at grain boundaries is classically attributed to three driving forces: a high solution enthalpy, a high size mismatch, and a high difference in interfacial energy. These effects are generally cast into a single scalar segregation energy and used to predict grain boundary solute enrichment or depletion. This approach neglects the physics of segregation at many competing grain boundary sites, and can also miss electronic effects that are energetically significant to the problem. In this paper, we demonstrate that such driving forces cannot explain, nor thus predict, segregation in some alloys. Using quantum-accurate segregation spectra that have recently become available for some polycrystalline alloys, we predict strong segregation for gold in aluminum, a solvent-solute combination that does not conform to classical driving forces. Our experiments confirm these predictions and reveal gold enrichment at grain boundaries that is two orders of magnitude over the bulk lattice solute concentration. |
| title | Grain Boundary Segregation Predicted by Quantum-Accurate Segregation Spectra but not by Classical Models |
| topic | Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.18447 |