Empirical interatomic potentials were presented for the description of C interstitial impurities in metals and intermetallic alloys. Potentials were developed for C¯Nb. The resultant potentials were used to predict heats of solution of C in Nb and in some intermetallics.

Interatomic Potentials for Carbon Interstitials in Metals and Intermetallics. M.Ruda, D.Farkas, J.Abriata: Scripta Materialia, 2002, 46[5], 349-55