Many-body interatomic U and Al-U potentials

In the present work, an interatomic potential in the framework of the embedded atom method (EAM) is developed for the Al–U binary system. A methodology is detailed to fit the U potential that reproduces the stability of the a phase at low temperatures and the g phase at high ones. The thermal stabil...

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Autores: Pascuet, Maria Ines Magdalena, Bonny, G., Fernandez, Julian Roberto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/194888
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/194888
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:URANIUM
ALUMINUM
INTERATOMIC POTENTIALS
COMPUTER SIMULATION
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Sumario:In the present work, an interatomic potential in the framework of the embedded atom method (EAM) is developed for the Al–U binary system. A methodology is detailed to fit the U potential that reproduces the stability of the a phase at low temperatures and the g phase at high ones. The thermal stability of both phases, thermal expansion and vacancy driven self diffusion are studied. The Al–U potential is fit to first principles calculated formation energies of the experimentally observed intermetallic phases, Al2U (cubic C15), Al3U (cubic L12) and Al4U (orthorhombic D1b). As a first validation the potentials are tested against available experimental measurements.