Modeling the formation of free volume at grain boundaries and triple junctions during nickel crystallization

G.M. Poletaev ORCID logo , D.V. Novoselova, R.Y. Rakitin, A.S. Semenov show affiliations and emails
Received 22 February 2020; Accepted 30 April 2020;
Citation: G.M. Poletaev, D.V. Novoselova, R.Y. Rakitin, A.S. Semenov. Modeling the formation of free volume at grain boundaries and triple junctions during nickel crystallization. Lett. Mater., 2020, 10(3) 299-302
BibTex   https://doi.org/10.22226/2410-3535-2020-3-299-302

Abstract

The formation of free volume in grain boundaries and triple junctions during crystallization using nickel as an example is studied by the molecular dynamics methodThe molecular dynamics method was used to study the formation of free volume at grain boundaries and triple junctions during crystallization using nickel as an example. To simulate the crystallization process, crystalline nuclei were used — small ideal crystals with a fixed lattice. The orientation of the crystal lattice in the nuclei was set randomly, but so that tilt boundaries with the misorientation axis <100> or <111> were formed in the result of crystallization. It is shown that the free volume during crystallization is predominantly concentrated at grain boundaries and triple junctions, and more so in the latter ones, i. e. where the last solidification of the structure occurs and crystallization fronts are encountered. The reduced density of the structure at triple junctions compared with grain boundaries is explained by the fact that when three crystallization fronts meet, the volume is fixed, where the liquid phase having a density lower than that of the crystal solidifies. The velocity of crystallization front motion is several tens of times lower than the speed of sound in a metal, therefore, defects, as a rule, formed only in the last turn — when the fronts meet, i. e. at grain boundaries and triple junctions. Disclinations at triple junctions were not observed in this work. During crystallization, relatively small subgrains with an orientation different from the neighboring grains, and usually in a stretched state, sometimes appeared in the region of triple junctions. But they “healed” relatively quickly, being absorbed by neighboring growing grains.

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