Modeling of isothermal solid-state precipitation using an analytical treatment of soft impingement

K. Fan, F. Liu, X. N. Liu, Y. X. Zhang, G. C. Yang, Y. H. Zhou

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Abstract

The effects of soft impingement on precipitation are considered. On the basis of a two stage-transformation assumption, a physically realistic analytical model for isothermal solid-state precipitation has been developed. In the modeling, a site saturation of nucleation, an isotropic growth, and a linear approximation for the concentration gradient are assumed. A compact expression has been obtained to describe both one-dimensional and three-dimensional precipitations. Compared with Zener's model, the present model can be given as an analogous form, but with a time-dependent growth coefficient. A detailed description for the model parameters has been given for the model application. On this basis, model predictions for isothermal ferrite formation in 0.37C-1.45Mn-0.11V micro-alloyed steel and precipitation in an Al-0.2wt.%Sc alloy have been performed; good agreement with the published experimental data has been achieved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4309-4318
Number of pages10
JournalActa Materialia
Volume56
Issue number16
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2008

Keywords

  • Growth
  • Nucleation
  • Precipitation
  • Soft impingement

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