Revealing the effect of grain boundary segregation on Li ion transport in polycrystalline anti-perovskite Li3ClO: a phase field study

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 3030-3036 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Shen ◽  
Yixuan Wang ◽  
Jun Zhang ◽  
Yi Zong ◽  
Gengwei Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Ion Transport ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Phase Field ◽  
Boundary Segregation ◽  
Effective Diffusivity ◽  
Grain Boundary Segregation ◽  
Negative Contribution ◽  
Grain Sizes ◽  
Li Ion

Phase field calculated effective diffusivity Deff of Li vacancy in anti-perovskite Li3OCl is shown as a function of average grain sizes. Li vacancy segregation reinforces the negative contribution of grain boundaries on the overall Li diffusion.

An atom probe tomography study of grain boundary segregation in nanocrystalline Ni-W

2005 ◽  
Vol 903 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Detor ◽  
Michael K. Miller ◽  
Christopher A. Schuh
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Atom Probe Tomography ◽  
Boundary Segregation ◽  
Atom Probe ◽  
Solute Segregation ◽  
Grain Boundary Segregation ◽  
Distribution Analysis ◽  
Grain Sizes ◽  
Composition Fluctuations ◽  
20 Nm

AbstractAtom probe tomography is used to observe the solute distribution in electrodeposited nanocrystalline Ni-W alloys with three different grain sizes (3, 10, and 20 nm) and the results are compared with atomistic computer simulations. The presence of grain boundary segregation is confirmed by detailed analysis of composition fluctuations in both experimental and simulated structures, and its extent quantified by a frequency distribution analysis. In contrast to other nanocrystalline alloys, the present Ni-W alloys exhibit only a subtle amount of solute segregation to the intergranular regions. This finding is consistent with quantitative predictions for these alloys based upon a thermodynamic model of grain boundary segregation.

Grain boundary segregation in metals

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 1204-1205
Author(s):  
C.L. Briant
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Surface ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Material Properties ◽  
Electron Spectroscopy ◽  
High Vacuum ◽  
Boundary Segregation ◽  
Grain Boundary Segregation ◽  
Local Concentration ◽  
The One

Grain boundary segregation is the process by which solute elements in a material diffuse to the grain boundaries, become trapped there, and increase their local concentration at the boundary over that in the bulk. As a result of this process this local concentration of the segregant at the grain boundary can be many orders of magnitude greater than the bulk concentration of the segregant. The importance of this problem lies in the fact that grain boundary segregation can affect many material properties such as fracture, corrosion, and grain growth.One of the best ways to study grain boundary segregation is with Auger electron spectroscopy. This spectroscopy is an extremely surface sensitive technique. When it is used to study grain boundary segregation the sample must first be fractured intergranularly in the high vacuum spectrometer. This fracture surface is then the one that is analyzed. The development of scanning Auger spectrometers have allowed researchers to first image the fracture surface that is created and then to perform analyses on individual grain boundaries.

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