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This sort of partitioning of solute atoms between the grain boundary and the lattice was predicted by McLean in 1957. [3] Non-equilibrium segregation, first theorized by Westbrook in 1964, [4] occurs as a result of solutes coupling to vacancies which are moving to grain boundary sources or sinks during quenching or application of stress. It can ...
Figure 1: Hall–Petch strengthening is limited by the size of dislocations. Once the grain size reaches about 10 nanometres (3.9 × 10 −7 in), grain boundaries start to slide. In materials science, grain-boundary strengthening (or Hall–Petch strengthening) is a method of strengthening materials by changing their average crystallite (grain
Micrograph of a polycrystalline metal; grain boundaries evidenced by acid etching. Differently-oriented crystallites in a polycrystalline material. In materials science, a grain boundary is the interface between two grains, or crystallites, in a polycrystalline material.
The grain boundary diffusion coefficient is the diffusion coefficient of a diffusant along a grain boundary in a polycrystalline solid. [1] It is a physical constant denoted , and it is important in understanding how grain boundaries affect atomic diffusivity. Grain boundary diffusion is a commonly observed route for solute migration in ...
Nonmetallic impurities often aggregate at grain boundaries and have the ability to impact the strength of materials by changing the grain boundary energy. Rupert et al. [26] conducted first-principles simulations to study the impact of the addition of common nonmetallic impurities on Σ5 (310) grain boundary energy in Cu. They claimed that the ...
Grain growth has long been studied primarily by the examination of sectioned, polished and etched samples under the optical microscope.Although such methods enabled the collection of a great deal of empirical evidence, particularly with regard to factors such as temperature or composition, the lack of crystallographic information limited the development of an understanding of the fundamental ...
Zener pinning is the influence of a dispersion of fine particles on the movement of low- and high-angle grain boundaries through a polycrystalline material. Small particles act to prevent the motion of such boundaries by exerting a pinning pressure which counteracts the driving force pushing the boundaries.
Substituted solute atoms and interstitials in strain fields of a dislocation or at grain boundaries have their internal friction changed. [13] Therefore, the Snoek effect can measure carbon and nitrogen concentration in BCC alpha-Fe and other solutes present in ternary alloys. [16]