相场法模拟多元合金过冷熔体中的枝晶生长

在二元合金相场模型研究的基础上，进行扩展获得了多元合金相场模型.以Al-Si-Mg三元合金为例，采用该相场模型实现了逼真地模拟多元合金凝固过程的等轴枝晶生长，得到了二次或更高次晶臂生长等复杂的枝晶形貌.随着第三组元Mg含量的减少，枝晶的二次枝晶越发达，枝晶中溶质的偏析越严重，枝晶尖端的生长速率和半径越大，与丁二腈-丙酮体系中枝晶尖端生长速率、半径随溶质浓度变化关系的理论计算和实验结果相符合.另外，枝晶初生晶臂中心的溶质浓度最低，在被二次晶臂包围的界面区域的溶质浓度最高；固液界面区域具有较大的浓度梯度，其中枝晶尖端前沿的梯度最大. 关键词： 相场法 多元合金 凝固过程 枝晶生长     

二元合金等温凝固过程的相场模型

基于Ginzberg-Landau理论，发展了一个与WBM模型和KKS模型一致的新相场模型.并利用该相场模型与溶质场耦合计算，以Al-65%Cu合金为例模拟了不同过冷度条件下，二元合金凝固过程的等轴枝晶生长过程.研究过冷度对二元合金等温凝固过程的等轴枝晶生长以及溶质场分布的影响.结果表明：随着过冷度的增大，枝晶的二次枝晶更加发达，浓度Peclet数和枝晶尖端的生长速率增大，而枝晶尖端的曲率半径减小，枝晶前沿的溶质富集现象也更严重；另外，计算结果与Ivantsov理论符合较好. 关键词： 相场法 枝晶生长 溶质场 Ivantsov理论     

等温凝固多晶粒生长相场法模拟

采用Kim模型，利用耦合溶质场的相场模型对Al-2-mole-Cu合金等温凝固过程中多晶粒相互影响下枝晶的生长过程进行数值模拟，为了提高计算效率，采用差分去实现宏微观场之间的耦合.研究了不同过冷度对多晶粒枝晶形貌和溶质分布的影响，结果表明：成分过冷对枝晶生长速度和溶质分配有着重大的影响，溶质元素Cu在固液界面前沿重新分布，结果导致实际热过冷减小，进而影响枝晶的生长和溶质向外层的扩散，致使相互接触的枝晶产生萎缩而其余没有受到抑制的枝晶生长方向产生择优现象. 关键词： 相场法 模拟 择优生长 等温凝固 二元合金     

相场法模拟NiCu合金非等温凝固枝晶生长

利用相场模型与溶质场、温度场进行耦合计算,以Ni-40.83%Cu合金为例模拟了二元合金枝晶生长过程.系统研究相场模型中相场和温度场耦合强度对枝晶形貌和浓度分布的影响.模拟结果表明:随着耦合强度的增加,相场受温度场的影响加大,界面前沿变得不稳,扰动被放大,主枝上出现了二次枝晶.同时,枝晶尖端的生长速率增大,而枝晶尖端的曲率半径减小,枝晶前沿的溶质富集现象也更严重;另外,计算结果与Ivantsov理论符合较好. 关键词： 相场法 NiCu合金 枝晶生长 Ivantsov理论     

浓度相关的扩散系数对定向凝固枝晶生长的影响

采用定量相场模型模拟了定向凝固过程中浓度相关的扩散系数对枝晶生长的影响.模型中,通过在液相溶质扩散方程中耦合浓度相关的扩散系数实现了浓度依赖的扩散过程.一系列模拟结果证实了浓度相关的扩散过程对枝晶定向生长具有显著的影响.结果表明:溶质扩散系数对溶质浓度耦合强度的增加会增强枝晶间的溶质扩散对尖端排出的溶质原子横向扩散的抑制作用,造成枝晶尖端固-液界面处的溶质富集程度增加,从而增加尖端过冷度;液相中扩散系数的改变对枝晶的尖端半径影响较小,模拟结果与理论模型计算结果较好吻合;液相中溶质扩散系数对溶质浓度依赖性的增加会使侧向分枝的振幅逐渐减小;在对枝晶列的研究中发现,与溶质浓度相关的扩散系数会增加枝晶列的一次间距,降低稳态枝晶的尖端位置.因此,在浓质分配系数严重偏离1的体系中,对现有模型的定量实验检验应考虑浓度相关的扩散对尖端过冷度的影响.     

过冷熔体中枝晶生长的相场法数值模拟

利用相场法模拟了过冷纯金属熔体中的枝晶生长过程,研究了各向导性、界面动力学、热扩散和界面能对枝晶生长的影响.结果表明,热噪声可以促发侧向分支的形成,但不影响枝晶尖端的稳态行为;随着各向异性的增加,枝晶尖端生长速度增加,尖端半径减小;当界面动力学系数减小及在界面动力学系数小于1的条件下热扩散系数减小时,枝晶尖端生长速度随之减小,而尖端半径相应增大;界面能趋于增大枝晶尺度并保持界面在扰动下的稳定,界面能越大,形成侧向分支的趋势越小 关键词： 过冷 枝晶生长 相场法 数值模拟     

深过冷三元Ni-Cu-Co合金的快速枝晶生长

研究了深过冷条件下三元Ni₈₀Cu₁₀Co₁₀合金的快速枝晶生长, 采用电磁悬浮无容器处理方法获得了335 K(0.2T_L)的最大过冷度. X射线衍射分析与差示扫描量热分析均表明,凝固组织为α-Ni单相固溶体. 随过冷度增大, 凝固组织显著细化, 并且当过冷度达110 K时，凝固组织的形态由粗大形枝晶转变为等轴晶. 深过冷条件下溶质截留效应增强, 使得微观偏析程度减小. 对不同过冷度下合金枝晶的生长速度进 关键词： 深过冷 枝晶生长 快速凝固 溶质截留     

热扰动对过冷熔体中二次枝晶生长影响的相场法模拟

用相场法模拟了过冷纯物质二次枝晶的生长过程，并定量地研究了过冷度、各向异性、热扰动振幅等参数对二次枝晶的影响. 通过加入热扰动，相场法能更真实地模拟过冷熔体中二次枝晶的生长，计算得到的二次枝晶间距和幅值与由Wentzel_Kramers_Brillouin方法得到的结果符合较好. 模拟结果表明，过冷度和各向异性对二次枝晶有较大影响. 当过冷度增大时，二次枝晶间距随之减小；当各向异性增大时，二次枝晶间距随之增大，但二次枝晶幅值则随之减小. 热扰动振幅主要影响二次枝晶幅值，而对二次枝晶间距影响较弱. 关键词： 相场法 热扰动 枝晶生长 二次枝晶     

二元合金凝固过程微尺度热质传输的影响分析

针对二元合金凝固的微观偏析现象建立一维平面枝晶模型,考虑溶质在固相中有限扩散,液相完全扩散的情况。通过模拟计算,比较分析了Al-Cu和Fe-C合金微观偏析的特点,并讨论了不同凝固速度以及溶质扩散系数随温度变化与否对微观偏析的影响。分析结果表明,温度场的影响是不可忽略的,应该在研究中予以考虑。     

元胞自动机方法模拟枝晶生长

为了能够准确反映具有明显界面的枝晶生长过程，利用元胞自动机方法模拟了凝固过程中固液两相具有不同热物理性质的枝晶生长.在模拟过程中发现，凝固过程中溶质易于富集在枝晶臂之间，同时随着凝固时间的延长，界面前沿的溶质浓度梯度和温度梯度逐渐下降.利用模拟所得的枝晶尖端半径与理论计算的相比较，发现随着枝晶尖端速度的增加，枝晶尖端半径逐渐下降，模拟与理论结果符合较好，偏差小于1μm. 关键词： 枝晶生长 凝固 偏析 模拟     

The role of heat-conducting walls in the measurement of heat and mass transport in transient grating experiments

We present a two-dimensional model to account for the role of heat-conducting walls in the measurement of heat transport and Soret-effect-driven mass transport in transient holographic grating experiments. Heat diffusion into the walls leads to non-exponential decay of the temperature grating. Under certain experimental conditions it can be approximated by an exponential function and assigned an apparent thermal diffusivity D_{th, app} < D_{th, s}, where D_th,s is the true thermal diffusivity of the sample. The ratio D_{th, app}/D_{th, s} depends on only three dimensionless parameters, d /l_s, κ_s/κ_w, and D_{th, s}/D_{th, w}. d is the grating period, l_s the sample thickness, κ_s and κ_w the thermal conductivities of sample and wall, respectively, and D_th,w the thermal diffusivity of the wall. If at least two measurements are performed at different d /l_s, both D_th,s and κ_s can be determined. Instead of costly solving PDEs, D_th,s can be obtained by finding the zero of an analytic function. For thin samples and large grating periods, heat conduction into the walls plays a predominant role and the concentration grating in binary mixtures is no longer one-dimensional. Nevertheless, the normalized heterodyne diffraction efficiency of the concentration grating remains unaffected and the true thermal and collective diffusion coefficient and the correct Soret coefficient are still obtained from a simple one-dimensional model.     

Diffusionless crystal growth in a eutectic system during rapid solidification

Experiments on nonequilibrium rapid eutectic growth are surveyed. The applicability limits of the modern theoretical models describing rapid solidification of binary systems are assessed. A problem of rapid eutectic growth when the local equilibrium is violated in the solute diffusion field (in the bulk liquid and at the solid-liquid interface) is formulated. An analytical solution to the problem of rapid lamellar eutectic growth under local nonequilibrium conditions in the solute diffusion field is found. It is shown that the diffusion-limited growth of a eutectic pattern ceases as soon as a chemically homogeneous crystalline phase begins to grow when the critical point V=V _D is achieved (V is the solid-liquid interface velocity and V _D is the solute diffusion speed in the bulk liquid). At V ≥ V _D, eutectic decomposition is suppressed and the nascent homogeneous crystalline phase has the initial (nominal) chemical composition of the binary system.     

落管中Pd77.5Au6Si16.5合金的固化动力学亚稳相的形成

研究了落管中Pd_77.5Au₆Si_16.5合金的过冷、生核及亚稳相的形成。在小于400μm的金属小球中发现Pd的固溶体相;在较大的金属小球中则观察到Pd₃Si金属间化合物相。本文还在经典生核理论的基础上,计算了不同相的固液自由能差、成核功、生核速率及晶体生长速度随温度的变化关系,并由此得到时间-温度-转变曲线(t-T-t),计算与实验结果较为一致。 关键词：     

On the interpretation of the RHEED intensity oscillations during the growth of vicinal faces

A quantitative treatment of the crystallization kinetics in MBE growth of vicinal surfaces results the relation l ²=2D _sK between the surface diffusion coefficient D _s, the time for a monolayer deposition and the interstep distance l at which the RHEED intensity oscillations disappear. The correction factor K depends on the size and the energy of the two-dimensional critical nucleus and it is estimated to be smaller than 10^–2. The currently used interpretation of the RHEED intensity oscillations ignores the correction factor K and, therefore, the calculated values of D _s are several orders of magnitude smaller than its real values. The surface transport during the time of growth interruption is discussed in connection with the tendency to three dimensional growth at every second interface (where a deposition of the material with strong intermolecular bonds starts) of a small period superlattice.     

Segregation during crystal growth from melt and absorption cross section determination by optical absorption method

Segregation during crystal growth from melt under two conditions is studied by using crystal mass, which can be measured easily, as an independent variable, and a method to determine the effective segregation coefficient and absorption cross section of optical dopant is given. When the segregated solute disperses into the whole or just a part of melt homogenously, the concentration C _s in solid interface will change by different formulas. If the crystal growth interface is conical and segregated solute disperses into melt in total or part, the solute concentration at r = 2/3R, where r is the distance from the growth cross section center and R the crystal radius, is independent on the shape of the crystal growth interface, and its variation at r = 2/3R can be regarded as the result from crystal growth in flat interface. With C _s variation formula in solid and absorption cross section σ for optical dopant, the absorption coefficients along the crystal growth direction can be calculated, and the corresponding experimental value can be obtained through the crystal optical absorption spectra. By minimizing the half sum, whose independent variables are k, ΔW or σ, of the difference square between the calculated and experimental absorption coefficients from one or more absorption peaks along the crystal growth direction, k and σ, or k and ΔW, can be determined at the same time through the Levenberg-Marquardt iteration method. Finally, the effective segregation coefficient k, ΔW and absorption cross sections of Nd:GGG were determined, the results fitted by two formula gave more closed effective segregation coefficient, and the value ΔW also indicates that the segregated dopant had nearly dispersed into the whole melt. Experimental results show that the method to determine effective segregation coefficient k, ΔW and absorption cross sections σ is convenient and reliable, and the two segregation formulas can describe the segregation during the crystal growth from melt relatively commendably. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50772112)     

原子力显微术轻敲模式中探针样品接触过程及相位衬度研究

借助简单的有阻尼受迫振子模型，研究了原子力显微术轻敲模式中探针与样品接触时间t_c、样品的表面形变D_z和相位衬度对探针设置高度z_c及样品杨氏模量E_s的依赖关系.结果发现,t_c与D_z均随E_s及z_c的增大而减小，同时探针与样品作用过程伴随很小的能量耗散.对轻敲过程中相移量φ的研究表明，E_s较大的样品有较小的φ，且φ随 关键词： 原子力显微术 轻敲模式 相位衬度     

Effective diffusivity of solute in multiphase materials with segregation

The effective diffusion coefficient D_eff for solute in a multiphase microstructure in which solute segregation can occur is related to D_eff for an isomorphic microstructure in which no segregation occurs. This permits analytical expressions (approximations, bounds, etc.) and methods of numerical calculation for D_eff that neglect solute segregation to be applied to systems that exhibit segregation. As an example, exact results are obtained for solute diffusion and segregation to grain boundaries in an idealized polycrystalline microstructure.     

Understanding reversed temperature dependence of diffusional solidification time in single crystal superalloy brazement

A fully implicit two-dimensional moving-mesh finite element simulation model, without symmetry assumption, recently developed by the present authors was used to study the cause of anomalous reversed temperature dependence of diffusional solidification completion time, t _f, during brazing of single crystal nickel-based superalloys. Contrary to the general concept of competition between solute diffusivity and solubility, as predicted by analytical models, numerical calculations coupled with experimental observation showed that the anomalous behavior is caused by departure from parabolic liquid–solid interface migration with time. Application of the new numerical model coupled with the understanding provided by the study resulted in a viable approach for minimizing the time required to produce reliable brazed joints free of deleterious eutectic and stray-grains in single crystal superalloys.     

NMR investigations of hexamethyldisilane confined in controlled pore glasses: Pore size distribution and molecular dynamics studies

In this work, the melting-point depression and molecular dynamics of hexamethyldisilane confined within five controlled pore glasses, with mean diameters ranging from 7.9 to 23.9 nm, are studied by high-field (9.4 T) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and the results are discussed with reference to the bulk substance. The melting-point depression in pores with radiusR follows the simplified Gibbs-Thompson equation ΔT=k _p/(R−s) with ak _p value of 74 K · nm and ans value of 1 nm. To our knowledge, this is the first time thek _p value of hexamethyldisilane is reported. Proton spin-lattice relaxation times (T ₁), spin-spin relaxation times (T ₂), and diffusivities (D) are reported as a function of temperature. The confinement in the pores gives rise to substantial changes in the molecular dynamics and the phase behavior. The line-shape measurements reveal a two-phase system assigned to a relatively mobile component at the pore walls and a crystalline solid at the center of the pores. However, theT ₂ measurements show that the mobile phase also embraces a minor component attributed to nonfrozen liquid in pockets or micropores. The diffusivity of the major narrow-line component is approximately three orders of magnitude larger than that in the plastic bulk phase, reflecting fast diffusion of mobile molecules. Below the melting region,T ₁ of the narrow line is significantly shorter thanT ₁ of the broad line, suggesting that the molecular reorientation is more hindered close to the surface than at the center of the pore.