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Title: Determination of γ/γ′ interface free energy for solid state precipitation in Ni–Al alloys from molecular dynamics simulation
Interface free energy is a fundamental material parameter needed to predict the nucleation and growth of new phases. The high cost of experimentally determining this parameter makes it an ideal target for calculation through a physically informed simulation. Direct determination of interface free energy has many challenges, especially for solid–solid transformations. Indirect determination of the interface free energy from the nucleation data has been done in the case of solidification. However, a slow on molecular dynamics (MD) simulation time scale atomic diffusion makes this method not applicable to the case of nucleation from the solid phase when precipitate composition is different from that in matrix. To address this challenge, we outline the development of a new technique for determining the critical nucleus size from an MD simulation using a recently developed method to accelerate solid-state diffusion. The accuracy of our approach for the Ni–Al system for Ni3Al (γ′) precipitates in a Ni–Al (γ) matrix is demonstrated well within experimental accuracy and greatly improves upon previous computational methods [Herrnring et al., Acta Mater. 215(8), 117053 (2021)].  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2119103
PAR ID:
10542598
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
AIP
Date Published:
Journal Name:
The Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume:
161
Issue:
4
ISSN:
0021-9606
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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