基于热力学函数的纳米晶粒长大Cellular Automaton仿真研究

基于纳米晶热力学特性表征函数,将纳米晶热力学性质对晶界迁移的影响引入Cellular Automaton算法,对纳米晶粒长大行为进行了定量化和可视化的仿真研究.模拟结果表明,纳米晶粒长大的动力学与传统粗晶材料不同,在恒温条件下,纳米晶粒的长大指数n不是常数(传统粗晶材料的晶粒长大指数n=2为常数),随纳米晶粒长大过程的进行,n值从1.70至6.59发生变化.作为纳米晶粒长大的驱动力,纳米晶界的过剩自由能与纳米晶粒尺寸的变化直接相关.由于纳米晶材料强烈的小尺寸效应,纳米晶组织的热力学性质较大地影响纳米晶界的结构和能量状态,从而影响纳米晶粒长大的动力学特征.因此,只有结合纳米晶热力学特性的仿真研究才能获得对纳米晶粒长大行为本质性的认识.     

金属纳米晶热稳定性和晶粒长大行为的研究

推导出了金属纳米晶界的基本热力学函数,模拟计算了金属纳米晶界的吉布斯自由能随晶界过剩体积和温度的变化规律。以铜纳米晶材料为例,应用纳米晶热力学模型预测了纳米晶组织的热稳定性及纳米晶粒长大行为。将纳米晶界的热力学函数引入元胞自动机仿真算法,利用计算机模拟研究了金属纳米晶的变温晶粒长大过程。实验证实铜纳米晶粒长大的动力学特征符合纳米晶热力学模型的计算预测结果。     

GH4169合金非均匀组织在加热过程中的演化机理

通过对第二相状态、晶界取向差及晶粒尺寸演化的分析,研究了GH4169合金不均匀组织在加热过程中的演化机理.结果表明,GH4169合金中d相的体积分数在低温下随温度的升高和时间的延长而增加;在高温时随温度的升高而降低,随时间的延长先增加后降低至恒定值.第二相的钉扎作用表现为:晶内析出的d相和g"相阻碍位错的运动,沿晶界析出的d相阻碍再结晶晶粒的形核和长大,碳化物阻碍晶粒长大.小角度晶界的体积分数随加热温度的升高和时间的延长而降低;高温下,退火孪晶的生长使得小角度晶界含量增加.GH4169合金的组织演化机理主要包括:亚晶长大、再结晶晶粒的长大和退火孪晶的长大.新的再结晶晶粒主要通过亚晶长大过程获得,亚晶长大过程主要通过小角度晶界的转动和位错的迁移完成.晶粒长大过程受到抑制时,合金通过退火孪晶的形核及长大耗散其吸收的热量.     

球磨法制备Fe-1％C纳米晶及其热稳定性

微观应变的存在,获得的Fe-C纳米晶具有自发长大趋势.采用差热分析(DSC)手段研究不同等温条件下Fe-C纳米晶的热稳定性,结合晶粒长大热力学和动力学理论,求得晶界扩散激活能及稳定晶粒尺寸等参数,并分析讨论Fe-C纳米晶的晶粒稳定机制.     

纳米组织锆合金氧化过程中ZrO2晶粒生长特性

研究了673 K,10.3 MPa条件下纳米锆合金氧化膜中ZrO2晶粒尺寸长大规律.结果表明,在纳米结构基底上形成的ZrO2,晶粒尺寸均小于在粗晶基底上所形成的ZrO2晶粒尺寸;在纳米结构基底上形成的ZrO2晶粒长大速率小于在粗晶基底上所形成的ZrO2晶粒长大速率.组织纳米化促进了更小尺寸ZrO2的形成,影响了ZrO2晶粒长大动力学过程.     

固相合成Co3O4纳米晶及晶化动力学研究

以Co(NO3)2·6H2O和NH4HCO3为原料,利用固相反应合成无定形前驱体,再经焙烧合成Co3O4纳米晶.用X射线衍射(XRD)分析了不同焙烧温度对合成Co3O4晶粒尺寸的影响.研究结果表明按Scherrer公式估算合成Co3O4纳米晶的晶粒尺寸在10～40nm,焙烧温度越高,晶粒尺寸越大;根据前驱体不同升温速率下的差热(DTA)曲线,用Kissinger和Ozawa法计算合成Co3O4纳米晶的活化能分别为132.77kJ/mol和141.17kJ/mol,差别不大;根据晶粒生长动力学理论计算Co3O4晶粒长大的活化能为15.44kJ/mol,表明热处理过程Co3O4纳米晶粒的长大主要以界面扩散为主.     

冲刷腐蚀致纯铜表面纳米晶化的研究

利用透射电镜研究冲刷腐蚀纯铜试样的表面组织.结果表明,冲刷腐蚀后纯铜表面存在位错胞及六角形位错网络和纳米晶.纳米晶的形成机制为纯铜遵循六角形位错网络相互作用不断细化晶粒,最终由小角度晶界的亚晶逐步演变成大角度晶界的纳米晶.     

电沉积纳米晶Ni-Co-Fe合金镀层的热稳定性

用脉冲电沉积方法制备表面平整光亮的纳米晶Ni-Co-Fe合金镀层.采用XRD、TEM、EDS、DSC和显微硬度计分别研究纳米晶Ni-Co-Fe合金镀层的微观结构、化学成分、热稳定性及其硬度.结果表明:纳米晶Ni-Co-Fe合金镀层的晶体结构为单相的面心立方结构,其晶粒尺寸随镀层Co含量的增加而减小;合金镀层的显微硬度随退火温度的升高而提高,在300～375℃时达最大值,存在明显的退火再强化,之后,随着退火温度的继续升高明显下降;当镀层在低于375℃退火时,晶粒长大速度较慢;而当镀层在高于450℃退火时,晶粒迅速长大,并呈现较强的(111)织构.升温速率为20℃/min时,纳米晶Ni-Co-Fe合金镀层的DSC结果显示,晶粒长大的峰值温度随镀层Co含量的增加而升高.由Kissinger方程求得纳米晶Ni-Co-Fe合金的晶粒长大激活能随镀层Co含量的增加而增大.     

纳米晶SmCo7合金的相失稳及伴随的晶粒长大

采用放电等离子烧结(SPS)技术制备出致密的纳米晶单相SmCo7合金块体。以此纳米晶合金为初始材料,通过系列退火实验系统研究其晶格参数、物相组成和显微组织随晶粒长大的演变特征。结果表明:纳米晶SmCo7相(1:7H)从室温至600℃都能保持很好的相稳定性和热稳定性。通过XRD分析和TEM观察证实,纳米晶SmCo7相的失稳分解和晶粒的突发长大是伴随发生的,即在较高温度(高于600℃)条件下纳米化稳定的SmCo7相会分解为Sm2Co17相(2:17R)和SmCo5相(1:5H),同时晶粒组织会急剧粗化;其中SmCo5相会以圆形析出物的形式均匀分布于晶界处和晶粒内部;随着晶粒的长大,六方结构的纳米晶SmCo7相的晶格参数a和单胞体积均线性减小,而轴比c/a则变化不大。     

TiN粉体粒径大小对SPS烧结过程的影响

采用低温液相还原法,即在液氨中采用金属钠为还原剂,通过还原四氯化钛(TiCl4)成功制备了纳米氮化钛粉体,通过XRD、SEM、TEM分析表明,粉体颗粒尺寸小于20 nm,并且为立方相的纳米氮化钛.以所合成的纳米TiN粉体为初始原料,采用SPS进行快速烧结,同时进行了微米TiN的烧结.结果发现采用SPS烧结技术可以抑制纳米TiN的晶粒快速长大过程,晶粒长大到100 nm～150 nm.但是纳米TiN粉体的烧结温度明显低于微米TiN粉体,并且致密度更高.     

Effects of Post-weld Heat Treatment on Microstructure,Mechanical Properties and the Role of Weld Reinforcement in 2219 Aluminum Alloy TIG-Welded Joints

In as-welded state, each region of 2219 aluminum alloy TIG-welded joint shows diff erent microstructure and microhardness due to the diff erent welding heat cycles and the resulting evolution of second phases. After the post-weld heat treatment, both the amount and the size of the eutectic structure or θ phases decreased. Correspondingly, both the Cu content in α-Al matrix and the microhardness increased to a similar level in each region of the joint, and the tensile strength of the entire joint was greatly improved. Post-weld heat treatment played the role of solid solution strengthening and aging strengthening. After the post-weld heat treatment, the weld performance became similar to other regions, but weld reinforcements lost their reinforcing eff ect on the weld and their existence was more of an adverse eff ect. The joint without weld reinforcements after the post-weld heat treatment had the optimal tensile properties, and the specimens randomly crack in the weld zone.     

The First Phase of the SRIF Industrialized Base in ＂West Area＂ Has Been Put into Operation

After nearly two years＇ tense construction, the first phase of industrialized base of Shenyang Research Institute of Foundry （SRIF）, located at the Tiexi Casting and Forging Industrial Park in the west of Tiexi District, has now been completed and formally put into operation.     

Thermodynamics Study on the Decomposition of Chromite with KOH

Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, has proposed a method for oxidative leaching of chromite with potassium hydroxide. Understanding the mechanism of chromite decomposition, especially in the potassium hydroxide fusion, is important for the optimization of the operating parameters of the oxidative leaching process. A traditional thermodynamic method is proposed and the thermal decomposition and the reaction decomposition during the oxidative leaching of chromite with KOH and oxygen is discussed, which suggests that chromite is mainly destroyed by reactions with KOH and oxygen. Meanwhile, equilibrium of the main reactions of the above process was calculated at different temperatures and oxygen partial pressures. The stable zones of productions, namely, K2CrO4 and Fe2O3, increase with the decrease of temperature, which indicates that higher temperature is not beneficial to thermodynamic reactions. In addition, a comparison of the general alkali methods is carried out, and it is concluded that the KOH leaching process is thermodynamically superior to the conventional chromate production process.     

Influence of Heat Treatment on Damping Behaviour of the Magnesium Wrought Alloy AZ61

The effect of isochronal heat treatments for 1h on variation of damping, hardness and microstructural change of the magnesium wrought alloy AZ61 was investigated. Damping and hardness behaviour could be attributed to the evolution of precipitation process. The influence of precipitation on damping behaviour was explained in the framework of the dislocation string model of Granato and Lücke.     

Effect of Rare Earth Doping on Impedance,Modulus and Conductivity Properties of Multiferroic Composites:0.5(BiLa_xFe_(1-x)O_3)–0.5(PbTiO_3)

The Lanthanum-doped bismuth ferrite–lead titanate compositions of 0.5(Bi LaxFe1-xO3)–0.5(Pb Ti O3)(x = 0.05,0.10,0.15,0.20)(BLxF1-x-PT) were prepared by mixed oxide method.Structural characterization was performed by X-ray diffraction and shows a tetragonal structure at room temperature.The lattice parameter c/a ratio decreases with increasing of La(x = 0.05–0.20) concentration of the composites.The effect of charge carrier/ion hopping mechanism,conductivity,relaxation process and impedance parameters was studied using an impedance analyzer in a wide frequency range(102–106Hz) at different temperatures.The nature of Nyquist plot confirms the presence of bulk effects only,and non-Debye type of relaxation processes occurs in the composites.The electrical modulus exhibits an important role of the hopping mechanism in the electrical transport process of the materials.The ac conductivity and dc conductivity of the materials were studied,and the activation energy found to be 0.81,0.77,0.76 and 0.74 e V for all compositions of x = 0.05–0.20 at different temperatures(200–300 °C).     

Quantitative Analysis of the Crystallographic Orientation Relationship Between the Martensite and Austenite in Quenching–Partitioning–Tempering Steels

The orientation relationships(ORs)between the martensite and the retained austenite in low-and medium-carbon steels after quenching–partitioning–tempering process were studied in this work.The ORs in the studied steels are identified by selected-area electron diffraction(SAED)as either K–S or N–W ORs.Meanwhile,the ORs were also studied based on numerical fitting of electron backscatter diffraction data method suggested by Miyamoto.The simulated K–S and N–W ORs in the low-index directions generally do not well coincide with the experimental pole figure,which may be attributed to both the orientation spread from the ideal variant orientations and high symmetry of the low-index directions.However,the simulated results coincide well with experimental pole figures in the high-index directions{123}_(bcc).A modified method with simplicity based on Miyamoto’s work was proposed.The results indicate that the ORs determined by modified method are similar to those determined by Miyamoto’method,that is,the OR is near K–S OR for the low-carbon Q–P–T steel,and with the increase of carbon content,the OR is closer to N–W OR in medium-carbon Q–P–T steel.     

Using Finite Element and Contour Method to Evaluate Residual Stress in Thick Ti-6Al-4V Alloy Welded by Electron Beam Welding

This work was to reveal the residual stress profile in electron beam welded Ti-6Al-4V alloy plates(50 mm thick) by using finite element and contour measurement methods.A three-dimensional finite element model of 50-mmthick titanium component was proposed,in which a column–cone combined heat source model was used to simulate the temperature field and a thermo-elastic–plastic model to analyze residual stress in a weld joint based on ABAQUS software.Considering the uncertainty of welding simulation,the computation was calibrated by experimental data of contour measurement method.Both test and simulated results show that residual stresses on the surface and inside the weld zone are significantly different and present a narrow and large gradient feature in the weld joint.The peak tensile stress exceeds the yield strength of base materials inside weld,which are distinctly different from residual stress of the thin Ti-6Al-4V alloy plates presented in references before.     

Microstructures and Tensile Properties of Ultrafine-Grained Ni–(1–3.5) wt% SiC_(NP) Composites Prepared by a Powder Metallurgy Route

Silicon carbide nanoparticle-reinforced nickel-based composites(Ni–Si CNP),with a Si CNPcontent ranged from1 to 3.5 wt%,were prepared using mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering.In addition,unreinforced pure nickel samples were also prepared for comparative purposes.To characterize the microstructural properties of both the unreinforced pure nickel and the Ni–Si CNPcomposites transmission electron microscopy(TEM) was used,while their mechanical behavior was investigated using the Vickers pyramid method for hardness measurements and a universal tensile testing machine for tensile tests.TEM results showed an array of dislocation lines decorated in the sintered pure nickel sample,whereas,for the Ni–Si CNPcomposites,the presence of nano-dispersed Si CNPand twinning crystals was observed.These homogeneously distributed Si CNPwere found located either within the matrix,between twins or on grain boundaries.For the Ni–Si CNPcomposites,coerced coarsening of the Si CNPassembly occurred with increasing Si CNPcontent.Furthermore,the grain sizes of the Ni–Si CNPcomposites were much finer than that of the unreinforced pure nickel,which was considered to be due to the composite ball milling process.In all cases,the Ni–Si CNPcomposites showed higher strengths and hardness values than the unreinforced pure nickel,likely due to a combination of dispersion strengthening(Orowan effects) and particle strengthening(Hall–Petch effects).For the Ni–Si CNPcomposites,the strength increased initially and then decreased as a function of Si CNPcontent,whereas their elongation percentages decreased linearly.Compared to all materials tested,the Ni–Si CNPcomposite containing 1.5% Si C was found more superior considering both their strength and plastic properties.     

Directional Growth of Tin Crystals Controlled by Combined Solute Concentration Gradient Field and Static Magnetic Field

A new method was introduced to achieve directional growth of Sn crystals. Microstructures in liquid(Pb)/liquid(Sn) diffusion couples were investigated under various static magnetic fields. Results show that the β-Sn crystals mainly reveal an irregular dendritic morphology without or with a relatively low static magnetic field(B0.3 T). When the magnetic field is increased to 0.5 T, the β-Sn dendrites close to the final stage of growth begin to show some directional character. With a further increase in the magnetic field to a higher level(0.8–5 T), the β-Sn dendrites have an enhanced directional growth character, but the dendrites show a certain deflection. As the magnetic field is increased to 12 T, the directional growth of the β-Sn dendrites in the center of the couple is severely destroyed. The mechanism of the directional growth of the β-Sn crystals and the deflection of the β-Sn crystals with the application of static magnetic field was tentatively discussed.     

电化学噪声数据处理方法概述

综述了常见的电化学噪声数据处理方法,介绍了直流趋势剔除、统计分析、快速傅立叶变换(FFT)法计算功率谱密度(PSD)以及小波变换处理电化学噪声信号的基本过程,并阐释了各种数学处理及所得参数的物理意义。