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Title: Driving force for exaggerated grain growth

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OSTI ID:6246461

The driving force for exaggerated grain growth is derived from a new surface thermodynamic theory which reconciles the kinetics of equilibrium to the thermodynamics of equilibrium between subparts of a particle with anisotropic surface energies. Exaggerated growth is driven by the reduction in dislocation and grain boundary free energies produced when a larger grain sweeps out a volume element formerly occupied by small grains. Whether the advancing boundary is planar, concave, or convex depends on the relative rates of ledge nucleation and growth, on the growth direction, and on whether growth occurs at screw dislocations. The model is compared to observations and additional tests are suggested.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
6246461
Report Number(s):
LBL-20524; CONF-8510111-1; ON: DE86006060
Resource Relation:
Conference: 38. American Ceramic Society Pacific Coast regional meeting, Irvine, CA, USA, 28 Oct 1985
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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