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Interdiffusion And Impurity Diffusion In Magnesium Solid Solutions, Catherine Kammerer Jan 2013

Interdiffusion And Impurity Diffusion In Magnesium Solid Solutions, Catherine Kammerer

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Magnesium, being lightweight, offers potential to be developed into extensive structural applications. The transportation segment has particular interest in Mg and Mg alloy for applications where reduced vehicle weight is proportional to increased fuel efficiency. Aluminum and zinc are two of the most common alloying elements in commercial Mg alloys. They improve the physical properties of Mg through solid solution strengthening and precipitation hardening. Diffusion plays a key role in the kinetics of and microstructural development during solidification and heat treatment. However, there is limited diffusion data available for Mg and Mg alloys. In particular, because Al is monoisotopic, tracer …


Effects Of Allotropic Transformations On Interdiffusion Behavior In Binary Systems, Ashley Elizabeth Ewh Jan 2012

Effects Of Allotropic Transformations On Interdiffusion Behavior In Binary Systems, Ashley Elizabeth Ewh

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Diffusion plays a significant role in most materials systems by controlling microstructural development. Consequently, the overall properties of a material can be largely dependent upon diffusion. This study investigated the interdiffusion behavior of three binary systems, namely, Mo-Zr, Fe-Mo, and Fe-Zr. The main interest in these particular metals is for application in nuclear fuel assemblies. Nuclear fuel plates generally consist of two main components which are the fuel and the cladding. Due to diffusional interactions that can occur between these two components, a third is sometimes added between the fuel and cladding to serve as a diffusion barrier layer. Fe, …


Multicomponent Interdiffusion In Austenitic Ni-, Fe-Ni-Base Alloys And L12-Ni3al Intermetallic For High-Temperature Applications, Narayana Garimella Jan 2009

Multicomponent Interdiffusion In Austenitic Ni-, Fe-Ni-Base Alloys And L12-Ni3al Intermetallic For High-Temperature Applications, Narayana Garimella

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Interdiffusion in multicomponent-multiphase alloys is commonly encountered in many materials systems. The developments of multicomponent-multiphase alloys require control of microstructure through appropriate heat treatment, involving solid-state transformations, precipitation processes, and surface modification, where the interdiffusion processes play a major role. In addition, interdiffusion processes often control degradation and failure of these materials systems. Enhanced performance and reliable durability always requires a detailed understanding of interdiffusion. In this study, ternary and quaternary interdiffusion in Ni-Cr-X (X = Al, Si, Ge, Pd) at 900°C and 700°C, Fe-Ni-Cr-X (X = Si, Ge) at 900°C, and Ni3Al alloyed with Ir, Ta and Re at …


Phase-Field Simulation Of Microstructural Development Induced By Interdiffusion Fluxes Under Multiple Gradients, Rashmi Mohanty Jan 2009

Phase-Field Simulation Of Microstructural Development Induced By Interdiffusion Fluxes Under Multiple Gradients, Rashmi Mohanty

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The diffuse-interface phase-field model is a powerful method to simulate and predict mesoscale microstructure evolution in materials using fundamental properties of thermodynamics and kinetics. The objective of this dissertation is to develop phase-field model for simulation and prediction of interdiffusion behavior and evolution of microstructure in multiphase binary and ternary systems under composition and/or temperature gradients. Simulations were carried out with emphasis on multicomponent diffusional interactions in single-phase system, and microstructure evolution in multiphase systems using thermodynamics and kinetics of real systems such as Ni-Al and Ni-Cr-Al. In addition, selected experimental studies were carried out to examine interdiffusion and microstructure …


Interdiffusion Analysis For Nicocraly And Nial Vs. Various Superalloys, Emmanuel Perez Jan 2005

Interdiffusion Analysis For Nicocraly And Nial Vs. Various Superalloys, Emmanuel Perez

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Hot section components in gas turbines can be NiCoCrAlY-coated to provide the component with an Al reservoir that maintains a protective oxide layer on its surface. Over the service life of the component, the coatings degrade by composition and phase changes due to oxidation/hot-corrosion, and multicomponent interdiffusion from and into the superalloy substrate. In this study, the rate of Al interdiffusion into selected Ni-base superalloys using various diffusion couples of two-phase NiCoCrAlY (beta + gamma) and single beta-phase NiAl with the selected alloys is measured. The diffusion couples were examined with an emphasis on the composition-dependence of Al interdiffusion. Microstructural …