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The First-principles Study on the Occupation Behavior and the Ductility Mechanism of Zr in Ni–Ni3Al System with Lattice Misfit

Yuxi Wu1, Wanglin Zhang1, Jia Guo1, Jieshan Hou2, Xiuyan Li2, Renzhong Huang3, Xiufang Ma1, Qianfeng Zhang1   

  1. 1 Institute of Molecular Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Anhui University of Technology, Ma’anshan 243002, China
    2 Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
    3 College of Physics Science and Technology, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, China
  • Received:2013-10-17 Online:2014-05-15 Published:2014-05-15
  • Contact: Y. Wu
  • Supported by:

    National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51001001 and 90922008)

Abstract:

The influence of lattice misfit on the occupation behavior and the ductility effect of Zr in Ni–Ni3Al alloys were explored. It is found in energy analysis that the preferable site of Zr between Ni sublattice and Al sublattice will change under different lattice misfit, however, the Zr prefers to segregate Ni phase rather than Ni3Al phase in all lattice misfit range, which makes it impossible for Zr to go into Ni3Al phase to occupy Al sublattice in Ni–Ni3Al system. Bond order (BO) analysis shows that the localized ductility effect of Zr differs in different region, and the comparison between Zr-free and Zr-doped BO analysis successfully explain the mechanism of the embrittlement of Ni–Ni3Al alloys and the ductility effect of Zr.