Особенности микроструктуры и свойств многоэлементных нитридных покрытий на основе TiZrNbAlYCr

Multicomponent nanostructured coatings based on (TiZrNbAlYCr)N with a hardness as high as 47 GPa were obtained by cathodic arc deposition. The effect of partial nitrogen pressure P _N (with constant bias potential U _ b =–200 V applied to the substrate) on the phase-composition variation, the size of crystallites, and their relation to the microstructure and hardness was investigated. An increase in the nitrogen pressure resulted in the formation of two phases with characteristic BCC (the lattice period is 0.342 nm) and FCC lattices with averaged nanocrystallite sizes of 15 and 2 nm. At a high pressure of 0.5 Pa, crystallites in the FCC phase with a lattice period of 0.437 nm grew in size to ~7 nm. The hardness of deposited coatings with larger (3.5 nm) FCC-phase crystallites and smaller (7 nm) BCC-phase crystallites was enhanced considerably.

Multiscale Modeling of Uranium Mononitride: Point Defects Diffusion, Self-Diffusion, Phase Composition

Multiscale computational approach is used to evaluate microscopic parameters for description of nitride nuclear fuel. The results of atomistic simulation and thermodynamic modeling allow to estimate diffusivity and concentrations of point defects at various stoichiometric ratios of UN1+x. The diffusivities of Xe atom were calculated in various equilibrium states. In addition, we obtained the dependence of partial nitrogen pressure on x and temperature. The results of atomistic simulation were used for modeling of nuclear fuel behavior with use of mechanistic fuel codes.

Mathematical Model of Prediction of Nitrogen Pickup in Nitriding Process of Low Carbon Ferromanganese

Low carbon ferromanganese was nitrided through gas-solid reaction. The nitriding process has been carried out on lab scale at temperature range 800°C–950°C at different nitrogen pressures. Temperature, time, and partial nitrogen pressure of nitriding process of fine low carbon ferromanganese were investigated. Nitrogen content, in weight percent, was more than 9%. MATLAB software was used to derive mathematical model to predict nitrogen content as a function of temperature and nitrogen pressure. According to derived model, nitrogen content can be calculated by the following equation: N content,wt.%=(-30.8882+0.0326*T)/(1+e-((P+0.0038*T-8.4155)/(3.6374-0.0018*T))), where, T is nitriding temperature in K and P is nitrogen pressure in bar. The experimental results are in good agreement with the predicted results. The results showed that nitrogen content, at steady state, is mainly depending on temperature and pressure of nitriding process. MATLAB is a good tool to make precision mathematical model.