Abstract
Abstract The faceting of a cylindric tilt grain boundary (GB) in Cu and Cu-160 ppm Bi bicrystals was studied. The crystal lattices of both grains form a superlattice called a coincidence site lattice (CSL) with an inverse density of coincidence sites relating to the density of lattice sites Σ = 3 and Σ = 9. The Σ3 and Σ9 <110> tilt GBs became faceted upon annealing at 0.95 Tm. The ratio of GB energy σGB and surface energy σsur of the specimen was measured, applying atomic force microscopy, from the profile of the GB thermal groove formed upon additional annealing. The 160 ppm Bi concentration in the Bi-containing bicrystal is between GB and bulk solidus lines in the Cu – Bi phase diagram. In this concentration region GBs contain a multilayer Bi-rich film which is supposed to be liquid-like. Wulff – Herring diagrams were constructed using the measured σGB/σsur values, revealing stable and metastable GB facets.
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