中国物理B ›› 2012, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (1): 16105-016105.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/21/1/016105
金硕1, 张颖1, 刘悦林2
Liu Yue-Lin(刘悦林)a)†, Jin Shuo(金硕)b), and Zhang Ying(张颖)b)
摘要: We investigate the stability, diffusion, and impurity concentration of nitrogen in intrinsic tungsten single crystal employing a first-principles method, and find that a single nitrogen atom is energetically favourable for sitting at the octahedral interstitial site. A nitrogen atom prefers to diffuse between the two nearest neighboring octahedral interstitial sites with a diffusion barrier of 0.72 eV. The diffusion coefficient is determined as a function of temperature and expressed as D(N)=1.66×10-7exp (-0.72/kT). The solubility of nitrogen is estimated in intrinsic tungsten in terms of Sieverts' law. The concentration of the nitrogen impurity is found to be 4.82×10-16 Å-3 at a temperature of 600 K and a pressure of 1 Pa. A single nitrogen atom can easily sit in an off-vacancy-centre position close to the octahedral interstitial site. There exists a strong attraction between nitrogen and a vacancy with a large binding energy of 1.40 eV. We believe that these results can provide a good reference for the understanding of the behaviour of nitrogen in intrinsic tungsten.
中图分类号: (Metals and alloys)