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Title: Matching time and spatial scales of rapid solidification: Dynamic TEM experiments coupled to CALPHAD-informed phase-field simulations

Abstract

A combination of dynamic transmission electron microscopy (DTEM) experiments and CALPHAD-informed phase-field simulations was used to study rapid solidification in Cu–Ni thin-film alloys. Experiments — conducted in the DTEM — consisted of in situ laser melting and determination of the solidification kinetics by monitoring the solid–liquid interface and the overall microstructure evolution (time-resolved measurements) during the solidification process. Modelling of the Cu–Ni alloy microstructure evolution was based on a phase-field model that included realistic Gibbs energies and diffusion coefficients from the CALPHAD framework (thermodynamic and mobility databases). DTEM and post mortem experiments highlighted the formation of microsegregation-free columnar grains with interface velocities varying from ~0.1 to ~0.6 m s-1. After an ‘incubation’ time, the velocity of the planar solid–liquid interface accelerated until solidification was complete. In addition, a decrease of the temperature gradient induced a decrease in the interface velocity. The modelling strategy permitted the simulation (in 1D and 2D) of the solidification process from the initially diffusion-controlled to the nearly partitionless regimes. Finally, results of DTEM experiments and phase-field simulations(grain morphology, solute distribution, and solid–liquid interface velocity) were consistent at similar time (μs) and spatial scales (μm).

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [1]
  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1415558
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1474574
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-727840
Journal ID: ISSN 0965-0393; TRN: US1800836
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344; AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 26; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0965-0393
Publisher:
IOP Publishing
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; rapid solidification; dynamic TEM; phase-field; CALPHAD; Cu–Ni alloys

Citation Formats

Perron, Aurelien, Roehling, John D., Turchi, Patrice E. A., Fattebert, Jean -Luc, and McKeown, Joseph T. Matching time and spatial scales of rapid solidification: Dynamic TEM experiments coupled to CALPHAD-informed phase-field simulations. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1088/1361-651X/aa9a5b.
Perron, Aurelien, Roehling, John D., Turchi, Patrice E. A., Fattebert, Jean -Luc, & McKeown, Joseph T. Matching time and spatial scales of rapid solidification: Dynamic TEM experiments coupled to CALPHAD-informed phase-field simulations. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-651X/aa9a5b
Perron, Aurelien, Roehling, John D., Turchi, Patrice E. A., Fattebert, Jean -Luc, and McKeown, Joseph T. 2017. "Matching time and spatial scales of rapid solidification: Dynamic TEM experiments coupled to CALPHAD-informed phase-field simulations". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-651X/aa9a5b. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1415558.
@article{osti_1415558,
title = {Matching time and spatial scales of rapid solidification: Dynamic TEM experiments coupled to CALPHAD-informed phase-field simulations},
author = {Perron, Aurelien and Roehling, John D. and Turchi, Patrice E. A. and Fattebert, Jean -Luc and McKeown, Joseph T.},
abstractNote = {A combination of dynamic transmission electron microscopy (DTEM) experiments and CALPHAD-informed phase-field simulations was used to study rapid solidification in Cu–Ni thin-film alloys. Experiments — conducted in the DTEM — consisted of in situ laser melting and determination of the solidification kinetics by monitoring the solid–liquid interface and the overall microstructure evolution (time-resolved measurements) during the solidification process. Modelling of the Cu–Ni alloy microstructure evolution was based on a phase-field model that included realistic Gibbs energies and diffusion coefficients from the CALPHAD framework (thermodynamic and mobility databases). DTEM and post mortem experiments highlighted the formation of microsegregation-free columnar grains with interface velocities varying from ~0.1 to ~0.6 m s-1. After an ‘incubation’ time, the velocity of the planar solid–liquid interface accelerated until solidification was complete. In addition, a decrease of the temperature gradient induced a decrease in the interface velocity. The modelling strategy permitted the simulation (in 1D and 2D) of the solidification process from the initially diffusion-controlled to the nearly partitionless regimes. Finally, results of DTEM experiments and phase-field simulations(grain morphology, solute distribution, and solid–liquid interface velocity) were consistent at similar time (μs) and spatial scales (μm).},
doi = {10.1088/1361-651X/aa9a5b},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1415558}, journal = {Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering},
issn = {0965-0393},
number = 1,
volume = 26,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 05 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Tue Dec 05 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}

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