Published August 1, 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Theory of normal grain growth in normalized size space

Description

Simple mean-field deterministic theory of normal grain growth in both 3-dimension and 2-dimension cases is presented, predicting the Rayleigh size distribution. The main idea is an application of standard thermodynamics to normalized size space with unit length proportional to average size. In the normalized space, the change of normalized free energy caused by the size change of an arbitrary grain is independent of the reservoir, which consists of all the other grains. Such 'decoupling' enables us to use the original Burke-Turnbull approach to relate driving force to velocity of grain growth in the normalized space

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/S1359-6454;
PII
S1359645403002143;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Acta Materialia
Journal Volume
51
Journal Issue
13
Journal Page Range
p. 3895-3904
ISSN
1359-6454
CODEN
ACMAFD

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37050962
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
DISTRIBUTION; GRAIN GROWTH; MEAN-FIELD THEORY; SPACE; SURFACE ENERGY; THERMODYNAMICS
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY; FREE ENERGY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES

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Copyright (c) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.