Ab initio study of chemical disorder as an effective stabilizing mechanism of bcc-based TiAl(+Mo)

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Ab initio study of chemical disorder as an effective stabilizing mechanism of bcc-based TiAl(+Mo). / Abdoshahi, Neda; Spörk-Erdely, Petra; Friák, Martin et al.
In: Physical review materials , Vol. 24.020, No. 10, 103604, 02.10.2020.

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title = "Ab initio study of chemical disorder as an effective stabilizing mechanism of bcc-based TiAl(+Mo)",
abstract = "To shed a new light on the complex microstructural evolution in the Ti-Al-Mo system, we employ ab initio calculations to study bcc-fcc structural transformations of ordered βo-TiAl(+Mo) and disordered β-TiAl(+Mo) to ordered γ-TiAl(+Mo) and hypothetically assumed disordered γdis-TiAl(+Mo) alloys, respectively. In particular, tetragonal (Bain's path) and trigonal transformations are combined with the concept of special quasirandom structures (SQS) and examined. Our calculations of the ordered phases show that the βo→γ tetragonal transformation of TiAl is barrierless, i.e., proceeds spontaneously, reflecting the genuine structural instability of the βo phase. Upon alloying of ≈7.4at.% Mo, a small barrier between βo and γ-related local energy minima is formed. Yet a higher Mo content of ≈9at.% leads to an opposite-direction barrierless transformation γ→βo, i.e., fully stabilizing the βo phase. Considering the disordered phases, the β-Ti0.5Al0.5-xMox and γdis-Ti0.5Al0.5-xMox are energetically very close. Importantly, for all here-considered compositions up to 11at.% of Mo, a small energy barrier separates β-TiAl(+Mo) and γdis-TiAl(+Mo) energy minima. Finally, a trigonal path was studied as an alternative transformation connecting disordered β and γdis-TiAl phases, but it turns out that it exhibits an energy barrier over 60meV/at. which, in comparison to the Bain's path with 9meV/at. barrier, effectively disqualifies the trigonal transformation for the TiAl system.",
author = "Neda Abdoshahi and Petra Sp{\"o}rk-Erdely and Martin Fri{\'a}k and Svea Mayer and Mojm{\'i}r {\v S}ob and David Holec",
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doi = "10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.103604",
language = "English",
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T1 - Ab initio study of chemical disorder as an effective stabilizing mechanism of bcc-based TiAl(+Mo)

AU - Abdoshahi, Neda

AU - Spörk-Erdely, Petra

AU - Friák, Martin

AU - Mayer, Svea

AU - Šob, Mojmír

AU - Holec, David

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020 American Physical Society.

PY - 2020/10/2

Y1 - 2020/10/2

N2 - To shed a new light on the complex microstructural evolution in the Ti-Al-Mo system, we employ ab initio calculations to study bcc-fcc structural transformations of ordered βo-TiAl(+Mo) and disordered β-TiAl(+Mo) to ordered γ-TiAl(+Mo) and hypothetically assumed disordered γdis-TiAl(+Mo) alloys, respectively. In particular, tetragonal (Bain's path) and trigonal transformations are combined with the concept of special quasirandom structures (SQS) and examined. Our calculations of the ordered phases show that the βo→γ tetragonal transformation of TiAl is barrierless, i.e., proceeds spontaneously, reflecting the genuine structural instability of the βo phase. Upon alloying of ≈7.4at.% Mo, a small barrier between βo and γ-related local energy minima is formed. Yet a higher Mo content of ≈9at.% leads to an opposite-direction barrierless transformation γ→βo, i.e., fully stabilizing the βo phase. Considering the disordered phases, the β-Ti0.5Al0.5-xMox and γdis-Ti0.5Al0.5-xMox are energetically very close. Importantly, for all here-considered compositions up to 11at.% of Mo, a small energy barrier separates β-TiAl(+Mo) and γdis-TiAl(+Mo) energy minima. Finally, a trigonal path was studied as an alternative transformation connecting disordered β and γdis-TiAl phases, but it turns out that it exhibits an energy barrier over 60meV/at. which, in comparison to the Bain's path with 9meV/at. barrier, effectively disqualifies the trigonal transformation for the TiAl system.

AB - To shed a new light on the complex microstructural evolution in the Ti-Al-Mo system, we employ ab initio calculations to study bcc-fcc structural transformations of ordered βo-TiAl(+Mo) and disordered β-TiAl(+Mo) to ordered γ-TiAl(+Mo) and hypothetically assumed disordered γdis-TiAl(+Mo) alloys, respectively. In particular, tetragonal (Bain's path) and trigonal transformations are combined with the concept of special quasirandom structures (SQS) and examined. Our calculations of the ordered phases show that the βo→γ tetragonal transformation of TiAl is barrierless, i.e., proceeds spontaneously, reflecting the genuine structural instability of the βo phase. Upon alloying of ≈7.4at.% Mo, a small barrier between βo and γ-related local energy minima is formed. Yet a higher Mo content of ≈9at.% leads to an opposite-direction barrierless transformation γ→βo, i.e., fully stabilizing the βo phase. Considering the disordered phases, the β-Ti0.5Al0.5-xMox and γdis-Ti0.5Al0.5-xMox are energetically very close. Importantly, for all here-considered compositions up to 11at.% of Mo, a small energy barrier separates β-TiAl(+Mo) and γdis-TiAl(+Mo) energy minima. Finally, a trigonal path was studied as an alternative transformation connecting disordered β and γdis-TiAl phases, but it turns out that it exhibits an energy barrier over 60meV/at. which, in comparison to the Bain's path with 9meV/at. barrier, effectively disqualifies the trigonal transformation for the TiAl system.

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