Abstract
We present a systematic analysis, based on ab initio calculations, of concentrated solute arrangements and precipitate phases in Fe-based alloys. The input data for our analysis are the calculated formation and interaction energies of point defects in the iron matrix, as well as the energies of ordered compounds that represent end-members in the 4-sublattice compound energy model of a multicomponent solid solution of Mg, Al, Si, P, S, Mn, Ni, and Cu elements and also vacancies in bcc Fe. The list of compounds also includes crystal structures obtained by geometric relaxation of the end-member compounds that in the cubic structure show weak mechanical instabilities (negative elastic constants) and also the G-phase Mn6(Ni,Fe)16(Si,P)7 having a complex cubic structure. A database of calculated thermodynamic properties (crystal structure, molar volume, enthalpy of formation, and elastic constants) of the most stable late-blooming-phase candidates is thus obtained. The results of this ab initio based theoretical analysis compare well with the recent experimental observations and predictions of thermodynamic calculations employing Calphad methodology.
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