期刊
ACTA MATERIALIA
卷 151, 期 -, 页码 181-190出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2018.03.039
关键词
Grain boundaries; Grain boundary segregation; Microstructure; Phase transformation; Grain-boundary segregation-induced phase transformation
资金
- U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration [DE-AC05-76RL01830]
- DOE's Office of Biological and Environmental Research
We demonstrate here that locally stabilized structure and compositional segregation at grain boundaries in a complex multicomponent alloy can be modified using high temperature homogenization treatment to influence the kinetics of phase transformations initiating from grain boundaries during subsequent low temperature annealing. Using aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy and atom probe tomography of a model multicomponent metallic alloy -uranium-10 wt% molybdenum (U10Mo) a nuclear fuel, that is highly relevant to worldwide nuclear non-proliferation efforts, we demonstrate the ability to change the structure and compositional segregation at grain boundary, which then controls the subsequent discontinuous precipitation kinetics during sub-eutectoid annealing. A change in grain boundary from one characterized by segregation of Mo and impurities at grain boundary to a phase boundary with a distinct U2MoSi2C wetting phase precipitates introducing Ni and Al rich interphase complexions caused a pronounced reduction in area fraction of subsequent discontinuous precipitation. The broader implication of this work is in highlighting the role of grain boundary structure and composition in metallic alloys on dictating the fate of grain boundary initiated phase transformations like discontinuous precipitation or cellular transformation. This work highlights a new pathway to tune the grain boundary structure and composition to tailor the final microstructure of multicomponent metallic alloys. (C) 2018 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Acta Materialia Inc.
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