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Molecular-dynamics study of the amorphization of CuTi

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OSTI ID:5364185
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  1. Air Force Inst. of Tech., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (USA). Dept. of Engineering Physics
Radiation-induced amorphization of the crystalline compound CuTi was investigated by molecular-dynamics simulations using new interatomic potentials derived from the embedded-atom method. Two different approaches to amorphization were tried: one in which Cu and Ti atoms were randomly exchanged, and another in which Frenkel pairs were introduced at random. The potential energy, volume expansion and pair-correlation function were calculated as functions of chemical disorder and atomic displacements. The results indicate that, although both chemical disordering and point-defect introduction increase the system energy and volume, the presence of Frenkel pairs is essential to trigger the crystalline-to-amorphous transition. 20 refs., 3 figs.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE/ER
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
5364185
Report Number(s):
CONF-891119-26; ON: DE90003563
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English