Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Fe-X (X= Al, Cr, Mn, Ti, B, and C) Melts under High Pressure

Abstract:

The kinetic properties such as diffusivity and viscosity of the metal melt are the foundations to reveal the structure evolutions and the glass formation abilities during solidification of the investigated alloy, thus, to control the microstructures, defects and properties of materials. In this work, ab initio molecular dynamics simulations were utilized to investigate the kinetic and thermodynamic properties and the structural relaxations of Fe-X (X = 10-15 wt% Al, Cr, Mn and Ti, or 1-2wt% B and C) melts under various temperature and external pressure, which are in line with the interested concentration range of multi-component Fe-based alloys. The kinetics and structural relaxations are characterized by mean squared displacement, velocity autocorrelation function and self-intermediate scattering function. The thermodynamics properties including entropy and heat capacity are calculated by combining the vibrational and electronic contributions based on vibrational and electronic density of states. The predicted kinetics and thermodynamics properties under high temperature and pressure agree well with the experimental and theoretical results while the connection among structural relaxations and diffusion are revealed based on the Stokes-Einstein relation and the Hall-Wolynes (HW) relation. This work provides an insight into the structure-property relationships of metal melts, which are essential in the development of advanced multi-component Fe-based alloys.

• Periodical: Diffusion Foundations (Volume 29)
• Pages: 143-160
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/DF.29.143
• Online since: April 2021
• Authors: Ying Zhang, Jian Tang, William Yi Wang*, Yi Dong Wu, De Ye Lin, Jun Wang, Bin Tang, Xi Dong Hui, Irina V. Belova, Graeme E. Murch, Jin Shan Li
• Keywords: Debye-Waller Factor, Diffusion Coefficient, High Pressure, Structural Relaxation, Two-Phase Model

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