The effect of substitutional impurities on the evolution of Fe-Al diffusion layer
- Middle East Technical Univ., Ankara (Turkey). Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
The formation and growth characteristics of Fe based aluminide diffusion layers at the Fe-Al interface have been analyzed in terms of interfacial interaction potentials based on the statistico-thermodynamical theory of multicomponent alloys combined with electronic theory in the pseudopotential approximation. The pairwise interatomic interaction potentials and partial ordering energies have been calculated to predict the effect of various alloying additions on the activity coefficient of Al atoms in {alpha}-Fe{sub 0.95}(Al{sub 1{minus}x}x{sub n}){sub 0.05} alloys where X = Si, Ti, Ge, Sb, Mg, Cu, Ca, Ag, Cd, Cr, Co, Zn, Mn, Ni, Pb or Bi and considered up to 1 at.%. The results of calculation show that the impurity elements with regard to their effect on the activity coefficient of Al atoms may be classified into two groups; I-group impurity elements, X{sub I} = Si, Ti, Ge, Sb, Mg, Cu, Ca, Ag, Cd, and Cr which decrease the activity coefficient of Al atoms, reduce the thickness of the Fe-Al intermetallic diffusion layer and II-group impurity elements, X{sub II} = Co, Zn, Mn,, Ni, Pb and Bi, which increase the activity coefficient of Al atoms, tend to increase the thickness of diffusion layer at the Fe-Al interface. It has been established, in agreement with experimental observation, that the value of activity coefficient of Al atoms in {alpha}-Fe{sub 0.95}(Al{sub 1{minus}n}X{sub n}){sub 0.05} alloys has a strong influence on the formation and growth kinetics of interfacial diffusion layers at the Fe-Al interface. The analysis of the effects of type and content of X{sub I} and X{sub II} impurity elements on the activity coefficients of Al atoms, {gamma}{sub Al}/{gamma}{sub al}{sup o}, in {alpha}-Fe{sub 0.95}(Al{sub 1{minus}n}X{sub n}){sub 0.05} alloys is in good qualitative agreement with the experimental results reported in the literature.
- OSTI ID:
- 605845
- Journal Information:
- Acta Materialia, Vol. 46, Issue 4; Other Information: PBD: 13 Feb 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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