Analytic modified embedded atom potentials for HCP metals
- 25 January 2001
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
- Vol. 13 (6), 1193-1213
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/13/6/302
Abstract
Analytic modified embedded atom method (AMEAM) type many-body potentials have been constructed for ten hcp metals: Be, Co, Hf, Mg, Re, Ru, Sc, Ti, Y and Zr. The potentials are parametrized using analytic functions and fitted to the cohesive energy, unrelaxed vacancy formation energy, five independent second-order elastic constants and two equilibrium conditions. Hence, each of the constructed potentials represents a stable hexagonal close-packed lattice with a particular non-ideal c/a ratio. In order to treat the metals with negative Cauchy pressure, a modified term has been added to the total energy. For all the metals considered, the hcp lattice is shown to be energetically most stable when compared with the fcc and bcc structure and the hcp lattice with ideal c/a. The activation energy for vacancy diffusion in these metals has been calculated. They agree well with experimental data available and those calculated by other authors for both monovacancy and divacancy mechanisms and the most possible diffusion paths are predicted. Stacking fault and surface energy have also been calculated and their values are lower than typical experimental data. Finally, the self-interstitial atom (SIA) formation energy and volume have been evaluated for eight possible sites. This calculation suggests that the basal split or crowdion is the most stable configuration for metals with a rather large deviation from the ideal c/a value and the non-basal dumbbell (C or S) is the most stable configuration for metals with c/a near ideal. The relationship between SIA formation energy and melting temperature roughly obeys a linear relation for most metals except Ru and Re.Keywords
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