TY - JOUR
T1 - Microstructural simulation of phase decomposition in Cu-Ni alloys
AU - Avila-Davila, Erika O.
AU - Lopez-Hirata, Victor
AU - Saucedo-Muñoz, Maribel L.
AU - Gonzalez-Velazquez, Jorge L.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank the financial support from CGPI-COFAA-IPN and Fondo Sectorial para la Educacion-CONACYT 47151.
PY - 2008/7/28
Y1 - 2008/7/28
N2 - The microstructure simulation of spinodal decomposition was carried out in the aged Cu-70 and 90 at.% Ni alloys, based on a solution of the non-linear Cahn-Hilliard partial differential equation by the finite difference method. The calculated concentration profiles were compared with the experimental ones determined by atom-probe field ion microscope analyses of the solution treated and aged Cu-70 at.% Ni alloy samples. Both the numerically simulated and experimental results showed a good agreement for the concentration profiles and microstructure evolution in the aged Cu-Ni alloys. A very slow growth kinetics of phase decomposition was observed to occur in this type of alloy. The morphology of decomposed phases consists of an irregular shape with no preferential alignment in any crystallographic direction. The wavelength of composition modulation was determined numerically to be about 2 nm and it remained constant after aging at 573 K for times as long as 8889 h. No phase decomposition was observed to occur for the numerical simulation of aging at temperatures lower than 523 K for a time as long as 1 year.
AB - The microstructure simulation of spinodal decomposition was carried out in the aged Cu-70 and 90 at.% Ni alloys, based on a solution of the non-linear Cahn-Hilliard partial differential equation by the finite difference method. The calculated concentration profiles were compared with the experimental ones determined by atom-probe field ion microscope analyses of the solution treated and aged Cu-70 at.% Ni alloy samples. Both the numerically simulated and experimental results showed a good agreement for the concentration profiles and microstructure evolution in the aged Cu-Ni alloys. A very slow growth kinetics of phase decomposition was observed to occur in this type of alloy. The morphology of decomposed phases consists of an irregular shape with no preferential alignment in any crystallographic direction. The wavelength of composition modulation was determined numerically to be about 2 nm and it remained constant after aging at 573 K for times as long as 8889 h. No phase decomposition was observed to occur for the numerical simulation of aging at temperatures lower than 523 K for a time as long as 1 year.
KW - Computer simulation
KW - Metals and alloys
KW - Precipitation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=44449111641&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jallcom.2007.05.070
DO - 10.1016/j.jallcom.2007.05.070
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0925-8388
VL - 460
SP - 206
EP - 212
JO - Journal of Alloys and Compounds
JF - Journal of Alloys and Compounds
IS - 1-2
ER -