Obstacles for one-dimensional migration of interstitial clusters in iron

Interstitial clusters are known to cause frequent one-dimensional (1D) jumps (stepwise positional changes) under electron irradiation around room temperature. The distance of 1D jumps in iron was examined in detail through in-situ observation using high-voltage electron microscopy. The 1D jump distance was found to be longer for smaller clusters in specimens of higher purity, although the distance did not depend on the irradiation beam intensity and electron energy. The distribution of the 1D jump distance was well described by the distribution of the free path of interstitial clusters migrating through randomly distributed impurity atoms. The 1D jump process is considered as fast 1D diffusion of interstitial clusters at low activation energy from the point where the cluster detrapped from an impurity atom to the point where the cluster was trapped again by another impurity. Electron irradiation provides a trigger for causing 1D migration by detrapping of clusters from impurity atoms.     

Interaction between interstitial hydrogen and substitutional solute atoms in solid solutions of niobium-base ternary alloys

The interaction between interstitial hydrogen and substitutional solute atoms has been investigated by the measurements of the hydrogen solubility and the influence of hydrogen charging on the half-width of the X-ray reflection lines in pure Nb, Nb-5%V, Nb-5%Mo and Nb-5%Ta alloys. In Nb-5%V and Nb-5%Mo alloys, the solubility considerably increases with respect to pure Nb. On the other hand, the solubility hardly changes in Nb-5%Ta alloy. With addition of hydrogen, the half-widths in pure Nb and Nb-5%Ta alloy show a monotonic increase, but in Nb-5%V and Nb-5%Mo alloys they show a minimum. The results are explained by the interaction of hydrogen with substitutional solute atoms. The interaction is considered to be caused by the internal strain induced by the difference in atomic radii between substitutional and solvent (Nb) atoms.     

The interaction between a screw dislocation and a wedge-shaped crack in one-dimensional hexagonal piezoelectric quasicrystals

Based on the fundamental equations of piezoelasticity of quasicrystal material,we investigated the interaction between a screw dislocation and a wedge-shaped crack in the piezoelectricity of one-dimensional hexagonal quasicrystals.Explicit analytical solutions are obtained for stress and electric displacement intensity factors of the crack,as well as the force on dislocation.The derivation is based on the conformal mapping method and the perturbation technique.The influences of the wedge angle and dislocation location on the image force are also discussed.The results obtained in this paper can be fully reduced to some special cases already available or deriving new ones.     

Formation and growth of dislocation loops in ZnTe under irradiation of low energy Ar+-Ions

Abstract

Defects produced in ZnTe single crystals by Ar⁺ bombardment during ion milling for transmission electron microscopy studies are investigated in detail. The defects have been identified to be interstitial type Frank loops. Influences of ion energy and specimen temperature during the irradiation on the defect geometry are investigated. A model is proposed to describe the growing up of the loops.     

Al-4.5wt%Cu合金中溶质原子及析出相对锯齿形屈服时空特性的影响

借助不同温度下的固溶处理，得到一系列具有不同溶质原子浓度及析出相含量的Al-4.5wt%Cu合金材料试件.比较这些试件在拉伸实验中的锯齿形屈服现象的时空特性，分析溶质原子与析出相对位错运动的影响，从而探究动态应变时效产生的微观机理.实验结果显示，当固溶处理温度由500℃逐步降低，应力-时间曲线上的应力锯齿跌落幅值逐渐减小，并在300℃时达到最小.继续降低固溶处理温度至100℃，应力锯齿跌落幅值又逐渐增大.同时，热处理方式的改变对剪切带的传播特性也有显著影响.实验发现，固溶处理温度高于300℃时，溶质原子对DSA的影响强于析出相；反之，固溶处理温度低于300℃时，析出相对DSA的影响强于溶质原子；室温下析出相是影响Al-4.5wt%Cu合金DSA机理的主要因素. 关键词： 铝铜合金 锯齿形屈服 动态应变时效 固溶处理     

One-dimensional migration of interstitial clusters in SUS316L and its model alloys at elevated temperatures

For self-interstitial atom (SIA) clusters in various concentrated alloys, one-dimensional (1D) migration is induced by electron irradiation around 300 K. But at elevated temperatures, the 1D migration frequency decreases to less than one-tenth of that around 300 K in iron-based bcc alloys. In this study, we examined mechanisms of 1D migration at elevated temperatures using in situ observation of SUS316L and its model alloys with high-voltage electron microscopy. First, for elevated temperatures, we examined the effects of annealing and short-term electron irradiation of SIA clusters on their subsequent 1D migration. In annealed SUS316L, 1D migration was suppressed and then recovered by prolonged irradiation at 300 K. In high-purity model alloy Fe-18Cr-13Ni, annealing or irradiation had no effect. Addition of carbon or oxygen to the model alloy suppressed 1D migration after annealing. Manganese and silicon did not suppress 1D migration after annealing but after short-term electron irradiation. The suppression was attributable to the pinning of SIA clusters by segregated solute elements, and the recovery was to the dissolution of the segregation by interatomic mixing under electron irradiation. Next, we examined 1D migration of SIA clusters in SUS316L under continuous electron irradiation at elevated temperatures. The 1D migration frequency at 673 K was proportional to the irradiation intensity. It was as high as half of that at 300 K. We proposed that 1D migration is controlled by the competition of two effects: induction of 1D migration by interatomic mixing and suppression by solute segregation.     

Simulation of low energy displacement processes in a dilute cu-au alloy

Abstract

Research into displacement cascade processes in alloy systems has received little attention, yet is potentially of interest because issues such as the effect of solutes on the displacement threshold and the defect distribution and movement in cascades are important. As part of a wider study, we have initially considered the minor substitutional solute Au in a Cu matrix, and have used molecular dynamics to investigate the properties of point defects, the threshold displacement energy E_d, and temporal and spatial distribution of defects in low-energy (≤500 eV) displacement cascades. The results show that the influence of the solute on the properties of defects is important and that E_d is dramatically different from its form in pure copper. In comparison with pure copper, the recoil of the Au solute gives rise to a higher peak at longer times in the number of displaced atoms in the generation of a displacement cascade. The influence of this on defect density in the cascade and the final number and arrangement of defects has been investigated.     

Atomic simulations to evaluate effects of stacking fault energy on interactions between edge dislocation and spherical void in face-centred cubic metals

In this study, molecular dynamics simulations were performed to elucidate the effects of stacking fault energy (SFE) on the physical interactions between an edge dislocation and a spherical void in the crystal structure of face-centred cubic metals at various temperatures and for different void sizes. Four different types of interaction morphologies were observed, in which (1) two partial dislocations detached from the void separately, and the maximum stress corresponded to the detachment of the trailing partial; (2) two partial dislocations detached from the void separately, and the maximum stress corresponded to the detachment of the leading partial; (3) the partial dislocations detached from the void almost simultaneously without jog formation; and (4) the partial dislocations detached from the void almost simultaneously with jog formation. With an increase in void size or SFE, the interaction morphology changed in the above-mentioned order. It was observed that the magnitude of the critical resolved shear stress (CRSS) and its dependence on the SFE were determined by these interaction morphologies. The value of the CRSS in the case of interaction morphology (1) is almost equal to an analytical one based on the linear elasticity by employing the Burgers vector of a single partial dislocation. The maximum value of the CRSS is also obtained by the analytical model with the Burgers vector of the two partial dislocations.     

Precipitate growth in concentrated binary alloys: a comparison between kinetic Monte Carlo simulations,cluster dynamics and the classical theory

The numerical modelling of concentrated alloy precipitation kinetics remains a challenge at all scales. At the microscopic scale, kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) simulations can cope with nucleation and early growth whatever the solute concentration may be; it cannot, however, address coarsening. At the mesoscopic scale, the advantage of cluster dynamics (CD) is its ability to describe the whole kinetics of precipitation but lacks of reliability for nucleation in concentrated alloys. Finally, analytical models are preferred at the macroscopic scale for their simplicity, their flexibility and their ability to be incorporated within more general approaches, to predict mechanical properties, for instance. The present work aims at examining the ability of CD and classical analytical models to describe the growth of an isolated precipitate in a concentrated binary alloy, by comparison with KMC simulations taken as the reference.