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Molecular Dynamics Study of Thermal Disorder in a Bicrystal Model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Tue Nguyen ,
Paul S. Ho ,
Thomas Kwok ,
Cynthia Nitta  and
Sidney Yip
Tue Nguyen
Affiliation:
IBM General Technology Division, Essex Junction, VT 05452
Paul S. Ho
Affiliation:
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
Thomas Kwok
Affiliation:
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
Cynthia Nitta
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550
Sidney Yip
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Engineering, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA 02139
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Abstract

This work studies a (310) θ = 36.86° <001> symmetrical-tilt bicrystal model using an Embedded Atom Method aluminum potential. Based on explicit results obtained from the simulations regarding structural order, energy, and mobility, we find that our bicrystal model shows no evidence of pre-melting (complete melting below Tm). Both the surface and the grain-boundary interface exhibit thermal disorder at temperatures below Tm, with complete melting occurring only at, or very near, Tm. Concerning the details of the onset of melting, the data show considerable disordering in the interfacial region starting at about 0.93 Tm. The interfaces exhibit metastable behavior in this temperature range, and the temperature variation of the interfacial thickness suggests that the disordering induced by the interface is a continuous transition, a behavior that has been predicted by a theoretical analysis.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 229: Symposium Q – Structure/Property Relationships for Metal/Metal Interfaces , 1991 , 153
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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