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ProfessorAndrewHorsfield

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Materials

Professor of Theory and Simulation of Materials
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 6753a.horsfield

 
 
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Bessemer B331Royal School of MinesSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Wearing:2016:10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.03.206,
author = {Wearing, D and Horsfield, AP and Xu, W and Lee, PD},
doi = {10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.03.206},
journal = {Journal of Alloys and Compounds},
pages = {302--303},
title = {Corrigendum to 'Which wets TiB2 inoculant particles: Al or Al3Ti?' [J. Alloys Compd.  664 (2016) 460-468]},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.03.206},
volume = {677},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - TiB2 particles are proven effective nucleants of commercial purity aluminium, resulting in smaller grains and hence greater desired mechanical properties; however, there is uncertainty as to the mechanism by which it operates. Here we clarify what happens in the initial stages by computing the total Gibbs energy change associated with four possible nucleation mechanisms, each characterised by the termination of the TiB2(0001) substrate (Ti or B) and the solid that forms on it (Al or Al3Ti). The appropriate solid//solid interfacial energies are derived from Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations, while the bulk energies are derived from thermodynamic data, supplemented with strain energies calculated from DFT. Solid//liquid interfacial energies are estimated using simple models with parameters based on the literature and DFT calculations. The results suggest that the Ti termination of TiB2 is more stable than the B termination in the melt, and that the direct formation of Al off a Ti-terminated TiB2 substrate is the most favourable mechanism for the nucleation of Al rather than the previously proposed formation of a Al3Ti interlayer. On the B termination of TiB2, Al formation is more stable for thick solid layers, but this is much more uncertain for thin solid layers where it is possible that Al3Ti formation is more stable.
AU  - Wearing,D
AU  - Horsfield,AP
AU  - Xu,W
AU  - Lee,PD
DO  - 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.03.206
EP  - 303
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 1873-4669
SP  - 302
TI  - Corrigendum to 'Which wets TiB2 inoculant particles: Al or Al3Ti?' [J. Alloys Compd.  664 (2016) 460-468]
T2  - Journal of Alloys and Compounds
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.03.206
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000375481100040&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/34571
VL  - 677
ER  -
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