稀土对镁合金应力腐蚀影响电子理论研究

建立了镁合金纯净晶界及其析出Mg₁₇Al₁₂相的晶界原子集团，应用实空间的递归方法计算了铝、稀土元素在晶界的偏聚能，晶界处铝、稀土原子间相互作用能和不同体系的费米能级.讨论了铝、稀土在晶界的偏聚行为，铝、稀土原子间的相互作用与有序化的关系及稀土对镁合金晶间应力腐蚀影响的物理本质.研究发现：铝、稀土原子偏聚于晶界；铝原子间相互排斥，在晶界区形成有序相Mg₁₇Al₁₂，稀土原子间互相吸引，形成原子团簇；稀土原子团吸引铝原子，使铝原子渗入稀土团簇中，形成稀土化合物.因此，稀土具有抑制铝在晶界形成导致应力腐蚀的阴极相Mg₁₇Al₁₂的作用，提高镁合金的晶间应力腐蚀抗力. 关键词： 电子理论 镁合金 应力腐蚀 稀土     

Bi，Sb合金化对AZ91镁合金组织、性能影响机理研究

利用大角重位点阵模型建立了AZ91镁合金α相［0001］对称倾斜晶界原子结构模型，应用实空间的连分数方法计算了Mg合金的总结构能，合金元素引起的环境敏感镶嵌能及原子间相互作用能，讨论了主要合金元素Al及Bi，Sb在AZ91中的合金化行为.计算结果表明，Al，Bi，Sb固溶于α相内或晶界区使总结构能都降低，起到固溶强化作用；合金元素在AZ91α相内趋于均匀分布，在晶界区易占位于三角椎上部.AZ91镁合金中加入Bi或Sb时，Bi或Sb比Al容易偏聚于晶界，从而抑制了Al在晶界的偏聚，促进基体中连续的Mg₁₇Al₁₂相的析出，提高AZ91合金室温性能； AZ91合金中(α相内和晶界区)主要合金元素Al和微加元素Bi，Sb都能够形成有序相Mg₁₇Al₁₂，Mg₃Bi₂或Mg₃Sb₂，且在晶界区形成的量大.Bi，Sb加入AZ91合金中，由于Bi，Sb抑制Al在晶界的偏聚，晶界区主要析出相为Mg₃Bi₂或Mg₃Sb₂，提高镁合金高温性能. 关键词： 电子理论 合金化 晶界偏聚 镁合组织与性能     

ZA27合金晶界处铁、稀土元素的有序化与交互作用

为从理论上揭示铁、稀土元素在锌铝合金晶界处的行为本质，建立了ZA27合金中α相大角度重位点阵晶界模型，利用递归法(Recursion)计算了晶界的电子结构(状态密度、费米能级、结构能).用晶界结构能定义合金的团簇能(有序能)，并计算了偏聚铁及稀土晶界的团簇能.计算结果表明：铁、稀土元素在锌铝合金晶界处团簇能为正值，不能形成团簇，具有有序化倾向，趋于形成稳定的金属间化合物.铁与稀土元素在晶界形成负电中心，降低晶界的费米能级. 关键词： 稀土 晶界 电子结构 有序化     

钛金属应力腐蚀机理电子理论研究

为从理论上揭示钛金属应力腐蚀行为的本质，建立了α钛晶粒及位错塞积形成的微裂纹原子 集团模型，利用递归法(recursion)计算了裂纹及晶粒内的电子结构参量(费米能级、结构能 、表面能、团簇能、环境敏感镶嵌能). 计算结果表明：氢在裂纹处的环境敏感镶嵌能较低 ，易于偏聚在裂纹处，且氢在钛金属裂纹处团簇能为正值不能形成团簇，具有有序化倾向， 趋于形成氢化物. 氢在裂纹处偏聚降低裂纹的表面能，使裂纹容易扩展. 裂纹尖端处费米能 级高于裂纹其他区域，使电子从裂纹尖端流向裂纹其他区域造成电位差，在电解质作用下裂 关键词： 递归法 电子结构 钛 应力腐蚀     

Pd对Ti合金钝化影响的电子理论研究

采用递归法计算了Ti合金的电子态密度、环境敏感镶嵌能、费米能级等电子结构参量.计算发现Pd在晶体体内比在其表面的环境敏感镶嵌能高,说明Pd易于在 Ti合金表面偏聚.Pd在表面时,原子团簇形成能为负值,说明Pd以团簇形式分布于合金表面.态密度计算结果表明,Pd的局域态密度局限在很窄的能量范围内(-20—-15 eV),使Ti合金的总态密度在此区出现尖峰.该尖峰的存在降低了Ti合金的费米能级,于是表面含Pd较多的区域费米能级较低,含Pd少或不含Pd的区域费米能级较高.费米能级不同的两区域接触会形成微电池,在腐 关键词： Ti合金 钝化 电子结构 表面     

难熔元素钨在NiAl位错体系中的占位及对键合性质的影响

用第一性原理离散变分方法研究了难熔元素钨(W)在金 属间化合物NiAl<100>(010)刃型位错体系中的占位以及对键合性质的影响, 计算了纯位错体系和掺杂体系的能量参数(结合能、 杂质偏聚能及原子间相互作用能)、 态密度和电荷密度分布. 体系结合能和杂质偏聚能的计算结果表明: 难熔元素W优先占据Al格位. 此外,由于难熔元素W的4d轨道与近邻基体原子Ni的3d轨道和Al的3p轨道的杂化, 使得掺杂体系中难熔元素W与近邻基体原子间的相互作用能加强; 同时难熔元素W与位错芯区近邻基体原子间有较多的电荷聚集, 这表明W与近邻基体原子间形成了较强的化学键. 难熔元素W对NiAl化合物的能量及电子结构有较大的影响, 从而影响位错的运动及NiAl金属间化合物的性能. 关键词： 电子结构 位错 金属间化合物 杂质     

稀土La在α-Fe中占位倾向及对晶界影响的第一性原理研究

本文采用重合位置点阵理论构建了α-Fe的Σ3[110](112)对称倾转晶界模型,通过基于密度泛函理论的平面波超软赝势方法研究了稀土La元素在α-Fe中的占位倾向.结果表明,La在α-Fe晶界的杂质形成能最低,因而La原子倾向于占据晶界区;掺杂La前后的α-Fe晶界电子结构计算结果显示,La占位于α-Fe晶界会使体系中的电荷发生重新分配,将提供更多电子用于晶界区成键,使得Fe原子得到更多的电子,这将导致掺杂区原子间结合有离子化趋势,从而使La与晶界区相邻Fe原子之间的相互作用加强,也使晶界原子与晶界两侧Fe原子的键合加强,从能量角度解释了材料宏观力学性能变化的原因;计算同时发现,La加入后,也使晶界上的原子成键区态密度左移,降低了体系的总能量,使晶界结构更为稳定.     

微合金化元素晶界偏聚与钢的超细化理论研究

通过计算机编程建立钢奥氏体相中Σ5〈001〉/(210)大角晶界模型，用实空间的递推方法计 算碳、氮及微合金元素在完整晶体及晶界区引起的环境敏感镶嵌能，进而讨论碳、氮及微合 金元素在晶界区的偏聚及交互作用.计算结果表明，轻杂质C，N易偏聚于晶界区，且形成气 团；微合金元素在完整的奥氏体中趋于均匀分布，Ti，V，Nb易占位于晶界三角棱柱的顶部( 压缩区)，且其加入量足够大时，它们能够在晶界区形成气团；微合金元素能够偏聚于C，N 掺杂的大角晶界区，当温度下降使得C，N及微合金元素的浓度超过其最大固溶度时，在钢的 奥氏体晶界区将有C，N化合物脱溶，这些化合物既可成为奥氏体再结晶的异质晶核，又可以 阻碍奥氏体晶粒长大，故可起到细化晶粒作用.在微合金元素中Nb的细化效果最好. 关键词： 电子结构 晶界偏聚 超细化     

第一性原理计算绝缘体-金属转变临界掺杂浓度:Co重掺杂Si体系

基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理方法,本文旨在探索确定绝缘体-金属转变临界浓度的理论计算方法.以Co重掺杂Si为研究对象,构建并计算了10个Co不同掺杂浓度模型的晶体结构、杂质形成能及其电子性质.发现在Co掺杂Si体系的带隙中形成了杂质能级,杂质能级的位置和宽度随着Co浓度的增加呈线性变化.当Co掺杂浓度较高时杂质形成能逐渐稳定,且杂质能级穿过费米能级使体系表现出金属性.综合杂质形成能的变化趋势,以及杂质能级极小值与费米能级间的距离条件,可预测出发生绝缘体-金属转变的Co掺杂浓度为2.601Wingdings 2MC@10~(20) cm~(-3),与实验结果相一致.上述两条依据应用于S重掺杂Si体系和Se重掺杂Si体系同样成立.     

La掺杂3C-SiC电子结构和光学性质的第一性原理研究

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理计算方法,对未掺杂及稀土材料La掺杂3C-SiC的电子结构和光学性质进行理论计算.计算结果表明,La掺杂引起3C-SiC晶格体积增大,掺杂体系能量更小,掺杂体系的结构更稳定;未掺杂3C-SiC是直接带隙半导体,其禁带宽度为1.406 eV,La掺杂后带隙宽度下降为1.161 eV,La掺杂3C-SiC引入了3条杂质能级,能量较高的1条杂质能级与费米能级发生交叠,另外2条杂质能级都在费米能级以下价带顶之上,La掺杂引起3C-SiC吸收谱往低能区移动,未掺杂3C-SiC的静态介电常数为2.66,La掺杂引起静态介电常数增加为406.01,La掺杂3C-SiC是负介电半导体材料.     

Bi，Sb及稀土元素对AZ91镁合金高温性能影响机理研究

利用大角重位点阵概念建立了AZ91镁合金基体(α相)和镁［0001］对称倾斜晶界原子结构模型,应用实空间的连分数方法计算了体系的结构能,环境敏感镶嵌能以及相互作用能.结果发现,在镁合金基体中,Al和稀土形成团簇时比较稳定,Al,Bi或Sb与稀土形成团簇时不稳定.Bi或Sb和稀土元素同时存在于AZ91镁合金中时,一方面Bi或Sb将可与RE结合形成RE₂Bi(RE₂Sb)或RE-Bi(RE-Sb)化合物弥散分布于晶界,另一方面镁合金基体中会形成Al_{11关键词： 电子理论 晶界偏聚 合金元素 高温性能}     

Grain boundary segregation and relaxation in nano-grained polycrystalline alloys

The present study carries out systematic thermodynamics analysis of Grain Boundary(GB)segregation and relaxation in NanoGrained(NG)polycrystalline alloys.GB segregation and relaxation is an internal process towards thermodynamic equilibrium,which occurs naturally in NG alloys without any applied loads,causes deformation and generates internal stresses.The analysis comprehensively investigates the multiple coupling effects among chemical concentrations and mechanical stresses in GBs and grains.A hybrid approach of eigenstress and eigenstrain is developed herein to solve the multiple coupling problem.The analysis results indicate that the GB stress and grain stress induced by GB segregation and relaxation can be extremely high in NG alloys,reaching the GPa level,which play an important role in the thermal stability of NG alloys,especially via the coupling terms between stress and concentration.The present theoretic analysis proposes a novel criterion of thermal stability for NG alloys,which is determined by the difference in molar free energy between a NG alloy and its reference single crystal with the same nominal chemical composition.If the difference at a temperature is negative or zero,the NG alloy is thermal stable at that temperature,otherwise unstable.     

Equilibrium segregation in a ternary solution: A model for temper embrittlement

Whereas experimental evidence has established that temper embrittlement is due to the simultaneous intergranular segregation of some impurities I (Sb, P, As Sn, ...) and of metallic alloying elements M (Ni, Cr, Mn, ...), all the theories of this phenomenon have failed so far to rationalize the role of the alloying elements, i.e. essentially to explain why they are necessary for the segregation of the impurities to occur. The thermodynamical formalism of equilibrium segregation, when taking into account the interaction of M and I atoms in an iron base solid solution can explain this behaviour. The simplest analytical treatment of such interaction based on the regular solution model is developed. The values of the interaction coefficients between the various atoms, as evaluated from the enthalpies of mixing of the intermetallic compounds, appear consistent with the value deduced from segregation measurements. The model is shown to allow a comprehensive interpretation of the segregation behaviour of various binary and ternary solutions, in particular the iron base systems. Eventually the role of bi-dimensional compound formation in the segregation process is considered.     

Effect of element Re on the grain boundary cohesion of α-Fe

The effect of Re segregation on the α-Fe ∑5 [001] （010） grain boundary （GB） is investigated by using a software called DMol and discrete variational method （DVM）. Based on the Rice Wang model, the calculated segregation energy and defect formation energy show that Re is a strong cohesive enhancer. We also calculated the interatomic energy （IE） and bond order （BO） of several atomic pairs to investigate the mechanism of the cohesive effect of Re microscopically and locally. The results show that IEs of atomic pairs formed by those atoms which cross the plane of GB are strengthened due to the segregation of Re, while the BOs of the corresponding pairs are slightly decreased. This discrepancy demonstrates that IE which contains the Hamiltoniaa of interaction between atoms is a good quantity to describe the bonding strength. The analysis suggests that the electronic effect between atomic pair which comes directly from Hamiltonian is the key factor, The charge density is also presented, and the result indicates that the bonding strength between the Fe atoms on the GB is enhanced due to the segregation of Re, which is consistent with the analysis of IE.     

W-In体系溶质晶界偏聚行为的第一性原理计算

基于第一性原理构建了钨基合金体系的溶质偏聚模型,以W-In体系为例研究了不同浓度下溶质的晶界偏聚行为和成键特征,从电子结构层面揭示了W-In体系的键合作用,预测了W-In体系界面稳定性随溶质浓度的变化规律.结合键布居、电荷密度、差分电荷密度和态密度等电子结构分析,发现了W-In体系中溶质原子在偏聚过程中的键性转变特征,阐明了W-In键由晶粒内部的离子键过渡为晶界区域强共价键的微观机理.模型计算首次得到了W-In体系中溶质本征偏聚能随In浓度的非单调变化规律,结合键合作用和能量分析揭示了溶质浓度对本征偏聚能的影响机制.计算预测了W-In体系达到高热稳定性所需的最佳溶质浓度范围和应避开的溶质浓度范围.本研究为具有高温稳定性的钨基合金材料的设计与制备提供了理论基础和定量化指导.     

Influence of the environment on equilibrium properties of Au-Pd clusters

The question of the influence of the environment on the structure and thermodynamic state of a bimetallic cluster is examined, using Metropolis Monte Carlo methods. An embedded atom model is used to estimate metal energies. The environment is modeled at a generic level as a rigid matrix which atoms interact with the atoms of an embedded Au-Pd cuboctahedral cluster via a Lennard Jones (LJ) potential. The high sensitivity of the cluster properties on its environment is demonstrated by scaling the LJ potential. It is found that the strength of the interfacial interactions completely determines surface segregation. Full segregation with either Au or Pd at the surface favors the occurrence of stable alloy phases in the cluster core while the subsurface layer acts as a buffer accommodating both the induced surface segregation and the inner composition constrained by phase stability. Cluster surface disorder induced by an amorphous matrix limits interface segregation and phase stability in the cluster core, even when the interfacial interaction strength is weak. The contrast between the epitaxial and amorphous matrix cases over a wide range of interface energies suggests the importance in the thermodynamic properties of the cluster core of the interfacial atomic arrangement in the matrix.     

Synergetic effects of impurities and alloying element Cr on oxidation and dissolution corrosion of Ni (111) surfaces: A DFT study

Using density-functional calculations, we studied the interactions between interstitial impurities (H, O, N, S, and P) and Ni (111) surfaces doped, or not, with Cr, and studied the effect of Cr doping on the dissolution corrosion resistance of Ni(111) surfaces. The aim of this work was to study, at the atomic scale, the effects of Cr on the segregation behaviors of impurities and the synergetic effects between co-doped atoms on the resistance to dissolution corrosion of Ni (111) surfaces. The results indicate that impurities S, P, O, and H prefer to be trapped at near-surface sites, that Cr was uniformly distributed in the Ni crystal and can affect the segregation behavior of impurities S and P to move toward the surface, and it affects impurities N and O such that they shift from the surface to the subsurface. The formation of near-surface Cr nitrides (speculated to be Cr₂N based on the results obtained for particular co-doped surfaces) was also noted. Introducing Cr enhances the structural stability of the Ni (111) surface and protects it from being corroded when impurities are present. The elementary processes studied afforded microscopic insights into the formation of a Cr-depleted zone, a phenomenon that leads to local corrosion of the Ni alloy surface. The results of our theoretical calculations explain some of the experimental results previously observed at the atomic scale.     

Interfaces in Iron-Rich Ordered Fe-Al Alloys: An Atomic-Scale Simulation Study

The aim of this paper is to investigate the low-temperature structure of interfaces (the (3 1 0) [0 0 1] symmetrical tilt grain boundary (GB) and the (3 1 0) surface) in stoichiometric ordered Fe-Al alloys with B2 and DO₃ structures. In both alloys, (i) the GBs cannot be realistically described by geometrical models, (ii) GBs and surfaces show strong segregation effects. A simple independent-defect model cannot be applied: the interactions between point defects sometimes lead to results opposite to those predicted from the formation energies of isolated point defects. The excess energies and configurations of the most stable interface variants are determined. All interfaces show a tendency to Al segregation except the B2 GB for which the most stable structure is an Fe-rich one. The interface structures are more complex in the DO₃ than in the B2 alloy, with a high multiplicity of DO₃ configurations with close energies. Finally, values of the GB and surface energies are introduced into a Griffith model of brittle fracture, in order to assess the trends of both alloys to intergranular fracture. Comparisons are also drawn with the similar Ni-Al ordered alloys.