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Orientation of interstitials in clusters in α-Fe: A comparison between empirical potentials

  • CEA Saclay

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Abstract

We have addressed two issues concerning the relative stabilities of various orientations of interstitial clusters in iron by making a comprehensive comparison between four recent empirical potentials. First, we have investigated the effect of finite temperature on the competition between clusters made of a few dumbbells oriented along (111) or (110). We show by quasi-harmonic calculations that (111) clusters have much larger vibrational formation entropies and that they are therefore stabilized with respect to (110) clusters at high temperature. Second, we have compared the formation energies of loops with several hundred atoms with Burgers vector 5(111) or (100). The 1/2(111) loops are found to be always more stable, but the energy differences with (100) loops depend strongly on the potential.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMultiscale Kinetic Modelling of Materials - Proceedings of the Symposium "Multiscale Kinetic Modelling of Materials" organised within the EMRS Fall Meeting 2006
PublisherTrans Tech Publications Ltd
Pages67-74
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9783908451396
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2007
Externally publishedYes
EventSymposium "Multiscale Kinetic Modelling of Materials", EMRS Fall Meeting 2006 - Warsaw, Poland
Duration: 4 Sept 20068 Sept 2006

Publication series

NameSolid State Phenomena
Volume129
ISSN (Print)1012-0394

Conference

ConferenceSymposium "Multiscale Kinetic Modelling of Materials", EMRS Fall Meeting 2006
Country/TerritoryPoland
CityWarsaw
Period4/09/068/09/06

Keywords

  • Dislocation loop
  • Empirical potential
  • Formation entropy
  • Interstitials
  • Iron

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