Phase-field simulation of the effect of interaction among ordered domains on interdiffusion in Ni--Al--Cr alloys

The effect of interaction among γ ' ordered domains on the interdiffusion process in γ +γ ' /γ and γ +γ ' /γ +γ ' diffusion couples is investigated by using the phase-field method, in which bulk free energy and mobility are linked with thermodynamic and kinetic databases. Simulated results show that the interaction among γ ' ordered domains has great influence on the microstructure, the interdiffusion velocity and the volume fraction of γ ' phase on both sides of the diffusion couples.