中国物理B ›› 2018, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (8): 86302-086302.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/27/8/086302

• CONDENSED MATTER: STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, AND THERMAL PROPERTIES • 上一篇    下一篇

First-principles study of the (CuxNi1-x)3Sn precipitations with different structures in Cu-Ni-Sn alloys

Guang-Wei Peng(彭广威), Xue-Ping Gan(甘雪萍), Zhou Li(李周), Ke-Chao Zhou(周科朝)   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China;
    2 Hunan Automotive Engineering Vocational College, Zhuzhou 412001, China;
    3 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
  • 收稿日期:2018-03-13 修回日期:2018-04-28 出版日期:2018-08-05 发布日期:2018-08-05
  • 通讯作者: Xue-Ping Gan E-mail:ganxueping@csu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFB0301402), the Project of Innovation-Driven Plan in Central South University, and the State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, China.

First-principles study of the (CuxNi1-x)3Sn precipitations with different structures in Cu-Ni-Sn alloys

Guang-Wei Peng(彭广威)1,2, Xue-Ping Gan(甘雪萍)1, Zhou Li(李周)3, Ke-Chao Zhou(周科朝)1   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China;
    2 Hunan Automotive Engineering Vocational College, Zhuzhou 412001, China;
    3 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
  • Received:2018-03-13 Revised:2018-04-28 Online:2018-08-05 Published:2018-08-05
  • Contact: Xue-Ping Gan E-mail:ganxueping@csu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFB0301402), the Project of Innovation-Driven Plan in Central South University, and the State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, China.

摘要: The structural parameters, the formation energies, and the elastic and thermodynamic properties of the (CuxNi1-x)3Sn phase with different structures are studied by the virtual crystal approximation (VCA) and super-cell (SC) methods. The lattice constants, formation energies, and elastic constants obtained by SC and VCA are generally consistent with each other. It can be inferred that the VCA method is suitable for (CuxNi1-x)3Sn ordered phase calculation. The calculated results show that the equilibrium structures of Cu3Sn and Ni3Sn are D0a and D019 respectively. (CuxNi1-x)3Sn-D03 with various components are the metastable phase at temperature of 0 K, just as D022 and L12. With the temperature increase, the free energy of the D03 is lower than those of D022 and L12, and D022 and L12 eventually turn into D03 in the aging process. The (CuxNi1-x)3Sn-D022 is first precipitated in a solid solution because its structure and cell volume are most similar to those of a solid solution matrix. The L12 and the D022 possess better mechanical stability than the D03. Also, they may play a more important role in the strengthening of Cu-Ni-Sn alloys. This study is valuable for further research on Cu-Ni-Sn alloys.

关键词: (CuxNi1-x)3Sn, first-principle, virtual crystal approximation, super-cell

Abstract: The structural parameters, the formation energies, and the elastic and thermodynamic properties of the (CuxNi1-x)3Sn phase with different structures are studied by the virtual crystal approximation (VCA) and super-cell (SC) methods. The lattice constants, formation energies, and elastic constants obtained by SC and VCA are generally consistent with each other. It can be inferred that the VCA method is suitable for (CuxNi1-x)3Sn ordered phase calculation. The calculated results show that the equilibrium structures of Cu3Sn and Ni3Sn are D0a and D019 respectively. (CuxNi1-x)3Sn-D03 with various components are the metastable phase at temperature of 0 K, just as D022 and L12. With the temperature increase, the free energy of the D03 is lower than those of D022 and L12, and D022 and L12 eventually turn into D03 in the aging process. The (CuxNi1-x)3Sn-D022 is first precipitated in a solid solution because its structure and cell volume are most similar to those of a solid solution matrix. The L12 and the D022 possess better mechanical stability than the D03. Also, they may play a more important role in the strengthening of Cu-Ni-Sn alloys. This study is valuable for further research on Cu-Ni-Sn alloys.

Key words: (CuxNi1-x)3Sn, first-principle, virtual crystal approximation, super-cell

中图分类号:  (First-principles theory)

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71.20.Lp (Intermetallic compounds) 71.15.Nc (Total energy and cohesive energy calculations)