Papers by Author: Vladimir V. Popov

Abstract: Capabilities of application of Mössbauer spectroscopy for determination of grain-boundary diffusion parameters in coarse-grained and ultrafine-grained materials have been analyzed. Application of this method for revealing of non-equilibrium state of grain boundaries in ultrafine-grained materials obtained by severe plastic deformation is demonstrated.

Abstract: Formation of microstructure in Ni under equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP) and dynamic channel-angular pressing (DCAP), its thermal stability and diffusion properties of grain boundaries are investigated. Grain boundary diffusion in the ultrafine-grained Ni is found to be significantly faster than in the coarse-grained Ni, which indicates a 'non-equilibrium' (deformation-modified) state of grain boundaries in the former. The effect of non-equilibrium state of grain boundaries on the level of internal stresses is analyzed.

Abstract: The grain-boundary diffusion of Co in ultra-fine grained Mo processed by high-pressure torsion has been studied by emission Mössbauer spectroscopy and radio-tracer analysis. It is demonstrated that under the severe plastic deformation by high-pressure torsion the non-equilibrium grain boundaries are formed which are the ultra-fast diffusion paths. At annealing in the temperature range of 623-823 K the relaxation of the non-equilibrium boundaries proceeds and their properties approach to those of equilibrium boundaries of recrystallization origin.

Abstract: The classical Fisher model of grain-boundary diffusion and the traditional method of determination of grain-boundary diffusion parameters by radiotracer technique combined with the serial-sectioning method are analyzed. The Fisher model specification based on the data of the emission Mössbauer spectroscopy is considered, and the additional information which can be extracted from the Mössbauer studies is discussed. The possibility of determination of grain-boundary diffusion parameters based on the combined analysis of the radiotracer technique and Mössbauer spectroscopy with the application of the specified Fisher model of grain-boundary diffusion is considered. This approach is demonstrated by an example of determination of grain-boundary diffusion of Co in W and Mo.

Abstract: Magnetic properties of nanostructures including an antiferromagnetic (NiFe)_1-хMn_x alloy have been studied for various modes of this AFM layer preparation. The possibility for application of the AFM (NiFe)_1-хMn_x alloy as a material of the pinning layer in spin valves is discussed.

Abstract: Grain boundaries in coarse-grained Mo with grain boundaries of recrystallization origin and in ultrafine-grained (UFG) Mo obtained by high pressure torsion have been studied by the emission Mössbauer spectroscopy on the ⁵⁷Co (⁵⁷Fe) nuclei. It is demonstrated that Co atoms diffuse along grain boundaries by interstitials. The temperature dependence of grain-boundary segregation factor of Co in coarse-grained Mo has been determined. It is shown that the state of Co atoms in grain boundaries and near-boundary areas in UFG Mo differs from that in coarse-grained Mo.

Abstract: Grain boundary diffusion of Co in Mo has been studied by radiotracer analysis and emission Mössbauer spectroscopy. The experimental results are treated based on the specified Fisher model. The mechanism of grain boundary diffusion of Co in Mo and temperature dependences of segregation factor and grain boundary diffusivity have been determined.

Abstract: Based on the mean field approximation, a model has been worked out for the description of evolution of carbonitride precipitate ensemble with various composition in steels at the stages of their growth, dissolution and coarsening. Based on the numerical realization of this model, the calculations of growth and dissolution kinetics of carbonitrides in a Fe-Nb-V-C-N system have been carried out.

Abstract: Various modes of severe plastic deformation (SPD), such as high-pressure torsion (HPT) at cryogenic temperature, equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) and dynamic channel-angular pressing (DCAP), have been applied for nanostructuring of Ni, and the thermal stability of the structure obtained has been studied. The nanocrystalline structure with average grain sizes of 80 nm and the microhardness of 6200 MPa is produced by HPT in liquid nitrogen. DCAP and ECAP result in the submicrocrystalline structure of a mixed type, with ultra-fine grains separated by high-angle boundaries along with deformation bands and coarse cells with low-angle dislocation boundaries. The thermal stability of the structures obtained by ECAP and DCAP is approximately the same, and it is higher than after the HPT at cryogenic temperature.

Abstract: Capabilities of the Mössbauer (nuclear gamma-resonance) spectroscopy for investigation of the state of grain boundaries in ultra-fine grained materials are analyzed, and the main problems of such studies are discussed. The emission and absorption NGR spectroscopy are compared, and it is demonstrated that the emission mode of the Mössbauer spectroscopy is preferential for GB studies. These studies enable to reveal differences in the state of GBs in ultra-fine grained materials and coarse-grained polycrystals with GBs of recrystallization origin.