Boron diffusion in bcc-Fe studied by first-principles calculations |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China;2. Department of Inorganic Non-metallic Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China |
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| Abstract: | The diffusion mechanism of boron in bcc-Fe has been studied by first-principles calculations. The diffusion coefficients of the interstitial mechanism, the B-monovacancy complex mechanism, and the B-divacancy complex mechanism have been calculated. The calculated diffusion coefficient of the interstitial mechanism is D0 = 1.05× 10-7exp(-0.75 eV/kT)m2· s-1, while the diffusion coefficients of the B-monovacancy and the B-divacancy complex mechanisms are D1 = 1.22× 10-6f1 exp(-2.27 eV/kT) m2· s-1 and D2 ≈ 8.36× 10-6exp(-4.81 eV/kT)m2· s-1, respectively. The results indicate that the dominant diffusion mechanism in bcc-Fe is the interstitial mechanism through an octahedral interstitial site instead of the complex mechanism. The calculated diffusion coefficient is in accordance with the reported experiment results measured in Fe-3%Si-B alloy (bcc structure). Since the non-equilibrium segregation of boron is based on the diffusion of the complexes as suggested by the theory, our calculation reasonably explains why the non-equilibrium segregation of boron is not observed in bcc-Fe in experiments. |
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| Keywords: | boron diffusion coefficient divacancy first-principles calculation |
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