Phase-Field Modelling of Evolution of Compact Ordered Precipitates in Ternary Alloy Systems
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MRS Advances © 2019 Materials Research Society DOI: 10.1557/adv.2019.104
Phase-Field Modelling of Evolution of Compact Ordered Precipitates in Ternary Alloy Systems Sandeep Sugathan1 and Saswata Bhattacharya1
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Department of Materials Science & Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
ABSTRACT
Several technologically important alloys like Al-Li-Zr, Al-Li-Sc, Al-Sc-Zr, Al-Li-Sc-Zr, modified Inconel etc., exhibit compact precipitates in their microstructure. We present a phase-field model in two dimensions to study the morphological evolution of composite precipitates in ternary alloys. The model employs a modified regular solution description of the bulk free energy of the disordered matrix phase and ordered precipitates. Elastic strain energy of the three-phase system is described using Khachaturyan’s microelasticity theory. The temporal evolution of the spatially dependent field variables is determined by numerically solving coupled Cahn-Hilliard and Allen-Cahn equations for composition and order parameter fields, respectively. We systematically vary the misfit strains, alloy chemistry and mobilities of the diffusing species to study their effect on the development of compact precipitates. Compact core-shell morphology destabilizes when the precipitate phases have misfit strains of opposite signs with the matrix phase although the relative interfacial energies between the phases satisfy Cahn’s spontaneous wetting condition. Thus, the stability of “monodisperse” core-shell microstructures is determined by the interplay between the relative interfacial energies and elastic interactions between the phases. Further, our simulations show that low solute mobility within the core leads to sluggish coarsening of the compact particles.
INTRODUCTION Formation of compact composite precipitates during multi-step aging significantly improves mechanical properties of several commercial multicomponent, multiphase alloys. Several Aluminium alloys e.g., Al-Li-Zr, Al-Li-Sc, Al-Sc-Zr, Al-Li-ScZr exhibit core-shell composite precipitate morphology, where metastable
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( / ) shells form around cores [1-5]. Modified Inconel 718 alloys [6, 7] also form compact precipitates during aging. These compact precipitates develop coherent interfaces between each other, and with the matrix. Retention of compact morphology of ordered precipitates leads to sluggish growth and coarsening thus inhibiting deterioration of mechanical properties. Therefore, it is important to systematically investigate the factors influencing the formation and evolution of compact morphology in multicomponent, multiphase alloy systems. Several analytical studies examined the role of phase composition, diffusivities, and volume fraction of the precipitate phases on growth and coarsening kinetics in
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