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Precipitation Modeling of Multi-Component Nickel-Based Alloys

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Computer aided materials design is of increasingly importance and interest because the conventional approach solely relying on experimentation is no longer viable within the constraint of available resources. The CALPHAD approach, which emerged first as an approach for the calculation of phase equilibria and thermodynamic properties of complex multi-component, multi-phase systems, has in recent years been applied to a broader field of materials science and engineering beyond phase diagrams, such as solidification, coating, joining, and phase transformation. This approach, therefore, plays an important role in modern materials design in the framework of Integrated Computational Materials Engineering. In this study, we present a modeling approach that integrates thermodynamic calculation and kinetic simulation to simulate the precipitation kinetics of multi-component alloys. Its applications will be demonstrated by the studies of a number of nickel-based alloys.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support of US Air Force through the SBIR Phase I and Phase II contracts: FA8650-04-M-5208 and FA8650-05-C-5202. We would especially like to thank Dr. Jeff Simmons and his colleagues of the AFRL at Wright-Patterson for their continuing interest in this work.

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    W. Cao, F. Zhang, S.-L. Chen, C. Zhang & J. Zhu

  2. Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directory, AFRL/RXCM, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH, 45433, USA

    S. L. Semiatin & J. S. Tiley

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Cao, W., Zhang, F., Chen, SL. et al. Precipitation Modeling of Multi-Component Nickel-Based Alloys. J. Phase Equilib. Diffus. 37, 491–502 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11669-016-0481-z

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