The Phase Stability of Al3Er Studied by the First-Principles Calculations and Experimental Analysis

被引：10

作者：

Gao, Chunlai ^{[1
]}

Gao, Kunyuan ^{[1
]}

Ding, Yusheng ^{[1
]}

Li, Haonan ^{[1
]}

Wu, Xiaolan ^{[1
]}

Wen, Shengping ^{[1
]}

Gao, Mu ^{[1
]}

Huang, Hui ^{[1
]}

Nie, Zuoren ^{[1
]}

Zhou, Dejing ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Beijing Univ Technol, Fac Mat & Mfg, Natl Engn Lab Ind Big Data Applicat Technol, Pingleyuan 100, Beijing 100124, Peoples R China

[2] Yin Bang Clad Mat Co Ltd, Jiangsu Key Lab Clad Mat, Wuxi 214145, Jiangsu, Peoples R China

来源：

METALS | 2021年 / 11卷 / 05期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金; 北京市自然科学基金;

关键词：

Al3Er; phase stability; first-principles; GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATION; TOTAL-ENERGY CALCULATIONS; PRECIPITATION EVOLUTION; RE ALLOYS; AL; ER; ALUMINUM; HYBRIDIZATION; METALS;

D O I：

10.3390/met11050759

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

The thermodynamics of five Al3Er compounds were investigated through first-principles density-functional theory (DFT) and experimental analysis. The Al3Er compounds with Al3Ho.hR20 (prototype Al3Ho, Pearson symbol hR20), Cu3Au.cP4, AlNd(3.)hP8, Ni3Ti.hP16 and Al3Gd.hR12 structures exhibited formation energies of -0.412(-0.417), -0.411(-0.416), -0.400(-0.413), -0.399(-0.345) and -0.342(-0.345) meV/atom when using DFT with "standard" potential ("frozen core" potential) of Er. The results indicated that the Al3Ho.hR20 structure was the thermodynamic stable phase and the other structures were metastable. The formation energy of Cu3Au.cP4 structure was only 1 meV/atom less than that of Al3Ho.hR20. Experimentally, the Al-30 wt.% Er alloys were cooled from 900 degrees C to 500 degrees C at the rate of 5 +/- 2 degrees C/h and 60 +/- 2 degrees C/h, respectively. The corresponding XRD analysis showed that the Al3Ho.hR20 was formed at the cooling rate of 5 +/- 2 degrees C/h and the Cu3Au.cP4 was formed at the cooling rate of 60 +/- 2 degrees C/h, which indicated that the Al3Ho.hR20 was in a thermodynamic stable phase and the Cu3Au.cP4 was in a metastable phase with high stability. The structural analysis indicated that the tiny energy difference between Al3Ho.hR20 and Cu3Au.cP4 might be attributed to a similar structure with varied stacking sequences.

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