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Migration Dynamics of a Σ=3 {112} Boundary in Aluminum
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 February 2011
Abstract
We present a study of the structure and migration mechanisms of the Σ=3 {112} boundary in aluminum. Measurements of the static boundary, using both High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM) and the α-fringe technique, are consistent with the lowest energy boundary structure that is predicted by the Embedded Atom Method (EAM). HRTEM observations of the migrating boundary are also presented. The boundary is mobile and upon translation produces coherent {111} twin boundary steps. The atomistic processes that are involved in this migration are considered in terms of the required twinning shears and the results of molecular dynamics simulations using the EAM. The initial nucleation of steps in the boundary appears to be electron beam induced.
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