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First Principles Calculation of Cooperative Atom Migration in L12 Ni3Al

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

H. Schweiger ,
R. Podloucky ,
W. Wolf ,
W. Püschl  and
W. Pfeiler
H. Schweiger
Affiliation:
Institut für Physikalische Chemie, University of Vienna, Liechtensteinstrasse 22a/I/3, A-1090 Vienna, Austria Institut für Materialphysik, University of Vienna, Strudlhofgasse 4, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
R. Podloucky
Affiliation:
Institut für Physikalische Chemie, University of Vienna, Liechtensteinstrasse 22a/I/3, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
W. Wolf
Affiliation:
Institut für Physikalische Chemie, University of Vienna, Liechtensteinstrasse 22a/I/3, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
W. Püschl
Affiliation:
Institut für Materialphysik, University of Vienna, Strudlhofgasse 4, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
W. Pfeiler
Affiliation:
Institut für Materialphysik, University of Vienna, Strudlhofgasse 4, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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Abstract

Recent Monte-Carlo simulations of order relaxations in L12-ordered Ni3Al reproduced the simultaneous action of two processes as experimentally observed by residual resistometry. It was shown that the fast process is related to the fast annihilation/creation of nearest neighbour antisite pairs. These findings are now strongly corroborated by a new supercell approach of ab initio quantum mechanical calculations describing the simultaneous displacement of Ni and Al atoms on their way to their respective antisite positions. Studies of single jumps suggest that such a cooperative migration of Ni and Al is necessary in order to prevent Al antisites from jumping back into their regular position. Relaxation of neighbouring atoms was taken into account. Thus, a minimum migration barrier of about 3 eV was derived which together with the calculated formation enthalpy of a Ni vacancy of 1.5 eV amounts to 4.5 eV, in remarkable agreement with the high activation enthalpy of 4.6 eV as observed experimentally.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 646 , 2000 , N5.11.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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