Papers by Keyword: Driving Force

Abstract: The motion of a curved grain boundary with a “surface triple junction” (“free surface – boundary - free surface”) in aluminum bicrystals is studied. The effect of the “surface triple junction” on grain boundary motion is discussed in the terms of the equilibrium of boundary and junction velocity. Boundary motion in samples with different boundary curvature revealed a strict proportionality of boundary velocity and driving force. This result corroborates the fact that in the entire investigated temperature range the “surface” triple junction does not affect the boundary motion.

Abstract: The latest research on dynamics of grain boundaries in non-magnetic materials in high magnetic fields is reviewed. A control of grain boundary migration means control of microstructure evolution, which is a key for the design of materials with desire properties. Grain boundary motion can be affected by a magnetic field, if the anisotropy of the magnetic susceptibility generates a gradient of the magnetic free energy. In contrast to curvature driven boundary motion, a magnetic driving force also acts on planar boundaries so that the motion of crystallographically well-defined boundaries can be investigated, and the true grain boundary mobility can be determined. The results of migration measurements obtained on bismuth and zinc bicrystals are addressed. Selective growth of new grains in locally deformed zinc single crystals driven by a magnetic force is reported as well. Implications for materials processing, in particular the effect of magnetic fields on texture development in hcp metals are finally discussed.

Abstract: The historical development of the two approaches to the interaction between solute atoms and a migrating interface, based on dissipation of Gibbs energy and on solute drag, are reviewed and compared. In the way the solute drag was formulated long ago for recrystallization and grain growth, it does not apply to phase transformations. With a new solute drag equation, which was recently proposed, it turns out that the two approaches are completely equivalent for phase transformations as well as grain boundary migration.