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- Kabliman, Evgeniya, et al.
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Configurational thermodynamics of the Fe-Cr sigma phase
- 2011
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In: Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. - 1098-0121 .- 1550-235X. ; 84:18, s. 184206-
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Configurational thermodynamics of the Fe-Cr sigma phase is investigated on the basis of an Ising-type configurational Hamiltonian and a single-site mean-field model for the free energy. The parameters of the statistical models are obtained from efficient first-principles calculations using different computational techniques. We demonstrate that the effective pair and multisite interactions in the sigma phase are relatively small, which allows using a simplified model for distributing Fe and Cr atoms among sublattices. We also show that this system exhibits a nontrivial magnetic behavior at high temperatures, which affects the site occupation by Fe and Cr atoms. The structural variation (volume and c/a) that might be present due to neutron irradiation and thermal expansion can lead to an additional atomic redistribution.
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