STOCHASTIC EUTECTIC GROWTH

Authors
ELDER KR DROLET F KOSTERLITZ JM GRANT M
Citation
Kr. Elder et al., STOCHASTIC EUTECTIC GROWTH, Physical review letters, 72(5), 1994, pp. 677-680
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
72
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
677 - 680
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1994)72:5<677:SEG>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A full phase field model of eutectic growth is proposed, which incorpo rates the generic features of a eutectic phase diagram and reduces to the sharp-interface model in the appropriate limit. Large scale two-di mensional simulations are presented for the isothermal solidification of a uniformly undercooled eutectic melt, in which the Avrami exponent is 3. The results of this study identify three possible growth mechan isms: diffusion limited growth, lamellar growth, and spinodal decompos ition.