Chemical misfit origin of solute strengthening in iron alloys

鉄基合金の固溶強化の化学ミスフィットの起源

譯田 真人*; 都留 智仁   ; 香山 正憲*; 尾崎 泰助*; 澤田 英明*; 板倉 充洋  ; 尾方 成信*

Wakeda, Masato*; Tsuru, Tomohito; Koyama, Masanori*; Ozaki, Taisuke*; Sawada, Hideaki*; Itakura, Mitsuhiro; Ogata, Shigenobu*

多くの合金元素が転位芯と強い相互作用を示す一方、SiやPやCuなどのいくつかの元素では転位のパイエルスポテンシャルを低下させる。本研究では第一原理計算を用いて、"Easy-core"転位構造とそれらの合金元素が積層欠陥エネルギー表面の変化と強く相関があることを示した。さらに、相互作用エネルギーを用いて希薄合金の臨界分解せん断応力を推定し、実験とよく一致することを示した。

Most of the solute species show a significant interaction with the dislocation core, while only several solute species among them, such as Si, P, and Cu, significantly lower the Peierls potential of the screw dislocation motion. A first-principles interaction energy with the "Easy-core" structure excellently correlates with the change in the -surface caused by solute atoms (i.e., chemical misfit). We show the availability of the interaction energy to predict the effect of each species on macroscopic critical resolved shear stress (CRSS) of the dilute Fe alloy. The CRSS at low and high temperature for various alloys basically agree with experiment CRSS. These results provide a novel understanding of the interaction between a screw dislocation and solute species from the first-principles.