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Nonequilibrium grain size distribution with generalized growth and nucleation rates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 June 2013

Kimberly S. Lokovic ,
Ralf B. Bergmann  and
Andreas Bill
Kimberly S. Lokovic
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California 90840
Ralf B. Bergmann
Affiliation:
Institute for Applied Beam Technology (BIAS), 28359 Bremen, Germany
Andreas Bill*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California 90840
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: abill@csulb.edu
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Abstract

We determine the nonequilibrium grain size distribution (GSD) during the crystallization of a solid in d-dimensions under fixed thermodynamic conditions, for the random nucleation and growth model, and in the absence of grain coalescence. Two distinct generalizations of the theory established earlier are considered. A closed analytic expression of the GSD useful for experimental studies is derived for anisotropic growth rates. The main difference from the isotropic growth case is the appearance of a constant prefactor in the distribution. The second generalization considers a Gaussian source term: nuclei are stable when their volume is within a finite range determined by the thermodynamics of the crystallization process. The numerical results show that this generalization does not change the qualitative picture of our previous study. The generalization only affects quantitatively the early stage of crystallization when nucleation is dominant. The remarkable result of these major generalizations is that the nonequilibrium GSD is robust against anisotropic growth of grains and fluctuations of nuclei sizes.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 28 , Issue 11 , 14 June 2013 , pp. 1407 - 1412
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2013 

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