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Nucleation and Polycrystalline Solidification in Binary Phase Field Theory

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Author(s)

L Granasy, T Pusztai, T Borzsonyi, James A. Warren, B Kvamme, P F. James

Abstract

We present a phase field theory for the nucleation and growth of one and two-phase crystals solidifying with different crystallographic orientations in binary alloys. The accuracy of the model is tested for crystal nucleation in single-component systems. it is shown that without adjustable parameters the height of nucleation barrier is predicted with a reasonable accuracy. The kinectics of primary soldification is investigated as a function of model parameters under equiaxial conditions. Finally, we study the formation of polycrystalline growth morphologies (disordered dendrites, spherulites, fractallike aggregates).
Citation
Physics and Chemistry of Glasses
Volume
45
Issue
No. 2
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

nucleation, phase field theory, soldification

Citation

Granasy, L. , Pusztai, T. , Borzsonyi, T. , Warren, J. , Kvamme, B. and James, P. (2004), Nucleation and Polycrystalline Solidification in Binary Phase Field Theory, Physics and Chemistry of Glasses (Accessed January 23, 2025)

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Created March 31, 2004, Updated October 12, 2021