Nearly Dislocation-Free APB Termination at Pure Grain Boundary Step Defects in L10 Alloys

1993 ◽  
Vol 319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abha Singh ◽  
A.H. King

AbstractL10 alloys typically derive from a high-temperature, disordered fcc phase. For example, CuAu has a face centered tetragonal structure below 380°C and is derived from its high temperature, disordered face centered cubic phase. As the material transforms from the disordered fcc phase to the ordered tetragonal phase, the four distinct Σ3 fcc twin misorientations generate twelve distinct tetragonal twin misorientations, four being characterized as Σ3 and eight as Σ6. Of particular interest is the Σ6 structure because it is possible to terminate lattice antiphase boundaries without dislocations at this interface. A pure step defect at the interface can accommodate the APB termination due to anti-site coincidence (coincidence between copper and gold sites). We term these defects “antiphase steps”. The antiphase step is a new type of interfacial defect that has not been described by other workers. The possibility of forming antiphase steps in ordered L10 alloys is related to even-Σ interfaces. Since the Σ6 boundary is common in the ordered phase, the formation of dislocation-free APB terminations may be important in L10 alloys.

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Blanton ◽  
Scott Misture ◽  
Narasimharao Dontula ◽  
Swavek Zdzieszynski

Silver sulfide, Ag2S, is most commonly known as the tarnish that forms on silver surfaces due to the exposure of silver to hydrogen sulfide. The mineral acanthite is a monoclinic crystalline form of Ag2S that is stable to 176°C. Upon heating above 176°C, there is a phase conversion to a body-centered cubic (bcc) form referred to as argentite. Further heating above 586°C results in conversion of the bcc phase to a face-centered cubic (fcc) phase polymorph. Both high-temperature cubic phases are solid-state silver ion conductors. In situ high-temperature X-ray diffraction was used to better understand the polymorphs of Ag2S on heating. The existing powder diffraction file (PDF) entries for the high-temperature fcc polymorph are of questionable reliability, prompting a full Rietveld structure refinement of the bcc and fcc polymorphs. Rietveld analysis was useful to show that the silver atoms are largely disordered and can only be described by unreasonably large isotropic displacement parameters or split site models.


1990 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 2841-2848 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. Briant ◽  
A. I. Taub ◽  
E. L. Hall

This paper reports a study of the structure and fracture mode of Pt3Ga. The results show that the structure of this compound is a tetragonal distortion of the L12 structure with lattice parameters of a = 5.47 Å and c = 7.89 Å. If the gallium concentration decreases from 22.8 at.% to 21.5 at.%, a disordered face-centered cubic phase also forms. This phase is Pt-rich and appears to form along the grain boundaries of the Pt3Ga phase. The fcc phase can also contain coherent Pt3Ga precipitates. Single phase Pt3Ga fails in a very brittle manner, and the fracture mode is intergranular. Boron additions have no effect on the fracture mode, since boron does not segregate to the grain boundaries. The fracture of an alloy containing a small amount of the disordered fcc phase is also brittle, but the fracture mode is predominantly transgranular.


2010 ◽  
Vol 1251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milos Krbal ◽  
Alex Kolobov ◽  
Paul Fons ◽  
Junji Tominaga ◽  
Julien Haines ◽  
...  

AbstractWe demonstrate, both experimentally and by computer simulation, that while the metastable face-centered cubic (fcc) phase of Ge-Sb-Te becomes amorphous under hydrostatic compression at about 15 GPa, the stable trigonal phase remains crystalline. We present evidences that the pressure-induced amorphisation phenomenon strongly depends on the concentration of vacancies included in the Ge/Sb sublattice, but is thermally insensitive. Upon higher compression, a body-centered cubic phase is obtained in both cases at around 30 GPa. Upon decompression, the amorphous phase is retained when starting with the fcc phase while the initial structure is recovered when starting with the trigonal phase. We argue that the presence of vacancies and the associated subsequent large atomic displacements lead to nanoscale phase separation and the loss of the initial structure memory in the fcc staring phase of Ge-Sb-Te. We futher compare the amorphous phase obtained via the pressure route with the melt quenched amorphous phase.


Author(s):  
N.-H. Cho ◽  
S. McKernan ◽  
C.B. Carter ◽  
K. Wagner

Interest has recently increased in the possibility of growing III-V compounds epitactically on non-polar substrates to produce device quality material. Antiphase boundaries (APBs) may then develop in the GaAs epilayer because it has sphalerite structure (face-centered cubic with a two-atom basis). This planar defect may then influence the electrical behavior of the GaAs epilayer. The orientation of APBs and their propagation into GaAs epilayers have been investigated experimentally using both flat-on and cross-section transmission electron microscope techniques. APBs parallel to (110) plane have been viewed at the atomic resolution and compared to simulated images.Antiphase boundaries were observed in GaAs epilayers grown on (001) Ge substrates. In the image shown in Fig.1, which was obtained from a flat-on sample, the (110) APB planes can be seen end-on; the faceted APB is visible because of the stacking fault-like fringes arising from a lattice translation at this interface.


Alloy Digest ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  

Abstract NICROFER 5923 hMo, often called Alloy 59, was developed with extra low carbon and silicon contents and with a high alloy level of molybdenum to optimize its corrosion resistance. Nicrofer 5923hMo has a face-centered cubic structure. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on high temperature performance as well as forming, heat treating, and joining. Filing Code: Ni-430. Producer or source: VDM Technologies Corporation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnès Dewaele ◽  
Angelika D. Rosa ◽  
Nicolas Guignot ◽  
Denis Andrault ◽  
João Elias F. S. Rodrigues ◽  
...  

AbstractThe compression of argon is measured between 10 K and 296 K up to 20 GPa and and up to 114 GPa at 296 K in diamond anvil cells. Three samples conditioning are used: (1) single crystal sample directly compressed between the anvils, (2) powder sample directly compressed between the anvils, (3) single crystal sample compressed in a pressure medium. A partial transformation of the face-centered cubic (fcc) phase to a hexagonal close-packed (hcp) structure is observed above 4.2–13 GPa. Hcp phase forms through stacking faults in fcc-Ar and its amount depends on pressurizing conditions and starting fcc-Ar microstructure. The quasi-hydrostatic equation of state of the fcc phase is well described by a quasi-harmonic Mie–Grüneisen–Debye formalism, with the following 0 K parameters for Rydberg-Vinet equation: $$V_0$$ V 0 = 38.0 Å$$^3$$ 3 /at, $$K_0$$ K 0 = 2.65 GPa, $$K'_0$$ K 0 ′ = 7.423. Under the current experimental conditions, non-hydrostaticity affects measured P–V points mostly at moderate pressure ($$\le$$ ≤ 20 GPa).


2008 ◽  
Vol 373-374 ◽  
pp. 318-321
Author(s):  
J. Liang ◽  
M.K. Lei

Effects of stacking faults in a high nitrogen face-centered-cubic phase (γΝ) formed on plasma source ion nitrided 1Cr18Ni9Ti (18-8 type) austenitic stainless steel on peak shift and peak asymmetry of x-ray diffraction were investigated based on Warren’s theory and Wagner’s method, respectively. The peak shift from peak position of the γΝ phase is ascribed to the deformation faults density α, while the peak asymmetry of the γΝ phase is characterized by deviation of the center of gravity of a peak from the peak maximum (Δ C.G.) due to the twin faults density β. The calculated peak positions of x-ray diffraction patterns are consistent with that measured for plasma source ion nitrided 1Cr18Ni9Ti stainless steel.


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