Journal article
A model for the growth of solute clusters based on vacancy trapping
Abstract
A simple model for the growth of clusters during the natural aging of Al alloys is presented. The model is based on the postulate that the attractive interaction between solutes and vacancies results in the trapping of vacancies at clusters. Assuming that the escape of vacancies from existing clusters is the rate-limiting step for cluster growth, the number of solute atoms in clusters is predicted to increase linearly with the logarithm of …
Authors
Zurob HS; Seyedrezai H
Journal
Scripta Materialia, Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 141–144
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
July 2009
DOI
10.1016/j.scriptamat.2009.03.025
ISSN
1359-6462