First-Principles Study of Segregation Behavior of Cr/Ti/Y at Grain Boundary in Vanadium

Abstract

Abstract-The atomic arrangement and segregation behavior of Ti, Cr, and Y in Σ3 (111) grain boundary of vanadium was performed to illustrate by first-principle calculation. The analyses on the binding energies and geometric positions show that Cr atom is more stable than Ti or Y atom both in the bulk and grain boundary, and Y atom would push away the surrounding V atoms. The computations of segregation energies show that Cr/Y atom segregates at the grain boundary, while Ti atom prefers to stay in bulk V rather than in grain boundary. Furthermore, it is found that Ti/Y atom has a strong driving force to surface segregation. The grain boundary energies calculations and the work of separation and the electron properties show that the segregated Cr can strengthen the grain boundary, whereas segregated Y has the strong tendency to decrease crystallite size.

A Comparison between ∑3 Asymmetrical Tilt Grain Boundary Energies in Niobium Obtained Analytically and through Molecular Dynamics Based Simulations

“…A similar kind of study has also been done on NiTi alloys [6]. Literature of such work is limited on bcc crystals [7][8]. Recently, Divya and Avinash have studied the bicrystals of Niobium along [100] tilt axis [9] and that of Zr along [0001] and [0-110] axes [10][11][12][13][14].…”