Journal
ACTA MATERIALIA
Volume 183, Issue -, Pages 228-241Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2019.10.053
Keywords
Cross-slip; Pyramidal dislocation; Mg-RE alloy; NEB method; Molecular dynamics
Funding
- Swiss National Science Foundation entitled Control of Atomistic Mechanisms of Flow in Magnesium Alloys to Achieve High Ductility [162350]
- EPFL
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Solute accelerated cross-slip of pyramidal < c + a > screw dislocations has recently been recognized as a crucial mechanism in enhancing the ductility of solid-solution Mg alloys. In pure Mg, cross-slip is ineffective owing to the energy difference between the high energy pyramidal I and low energy pyramidal II < c + a > screw dislocations. A small addition of solutes, especially rare earth (RE) elements, can reduce this energy difference and accelerate cross-slip, thus enabling enhanced ductility. With increasing solute concentrations, the pyramidal I dislocation can become energetically favorable, which switches the primary < c + a > slip plane and alters the cross-slip process. Here, the transition path and energetics for double cross-slip of pyramidal I < c + a > dislocations are analysed in the regime where the pyramidal I dislocation is energetically more favorable than the pyramidal II. This is achieved using nudged elastic band simulations on a proxy MEAM potential for Mg designed to favor the pyramidal I over pyramidal II. The minimum energy transition path for pyramidal I double cross-slip is found to initiate with cross-slip onto a pyramidal II plane followed by cross-slip onto a pyramidal I plane parallel to the original pyramidal I plane. A previous mechanistic model for ductility is then extended to higher solute concentrations where pyramidal I is favorable. The model predicts an upper limit of solute concentrations beyond which ductility again becomes poor in Mg alloys. The model predictions are consistent with limited experiments of Mg-RE alloys at high concentrations and motivate further experimental studies in the high concentration regime. (C) 2019 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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