Density and structure of undercooled liquid titanium

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1 Article Condensed Matter Physics March 2012 Vol.57 No.7: doi: /s Density and structure of undercooled liquid titaniu WANG HaiPeng, YANG ShangJing & WEI BingBo * Departent of Applied Physics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi an , China Received October 29, 2011; accepted Deceber 16, 2011 For liquid Ti, it is difficult to achieve high undercooling because of its cheical reactivity; as a result, there is little inforation available on its properties and structure in the undercooled state. In this study, we investigate the density and structure, using olecular dynaics ethod, for the undercooling and superheating ranges K and K. The density increases quadratically for undercooling. At the elting teperature, the density is 4.14 g/c 3, and first and second teperature coefficients are obtained. The pair correlation functions and coordination nubers indicate that the short range degree of order becoes increasingly significant with increasing undercooling. liquid etal, undercooling, density, liquid structure, titaniu Citation: Wang H P, Yang S J, Wei B B. Density and structure of undercooled liquid titaniu. Chin Sci Bull, 2012, 57: , doi: /s In coparison with the ajority of noral-state liquids, undercooled liquid etals display any unusual characteristics as a result of their therodynaic etastability. This is particularly seen for etals with high elting-teperatures and these have attracted increasing research interest in the past ten years [1 6]. The densities and structures of etastable undercooled liquids are of great iportance in understanding etastable liquid etals. However, little is known about the densities and structures of etastable liquid etals copared with those of stable liquids above the elting teperatures. Ti is widely used in various applications such as airfraes and turbine blades because it has excellent properties, including excellent strength, low density, good ductility, and superior resistance to cheical processes. However, its elting teperature is very high, at 1943 K, which is especially for high reactivity in the liquid state. These factors cause great difficulties in the experiental deterination of the properties of liquid Ti. Accordingly, inforation on the density and liquid structure is scarce. The requireent for this inforation is increasing as a result of the extensive application of Ti in various industrial alloys. In the past ten years, several researchers have reported *Corresponding author (eail: bbwei@nwpu.edu.cn densities of liquid Ti. Rhi et al. [7] easured the density of liquid Ti in the teperature range K using an electrostatic levitator (ESL. Paradis et al. [8] obtained the density of liquid Ti using an ESL ethod in the teperature range K. Ishikawa et al. [9] also reported the density obtained using their ESL facility in the teperature range K. However, there are soe discrepancies aong these reported results. Detailed investigations of the densities are still needed and the teperature regies studied so far have not been broad enough. In order to further understand the physical characteristics of liquid Ti, density changes and liquid structures are required over a broad teperature range, especially for the etastable undercooled regie. The liquid structure is also of iportance in studies of undercooled liquid Ti. However, it is extreely difficult to obtain detailed structural inforation because of its etastable characteristics and rapid ato diffusion. Recently, an experiental investigation of the liquid structures of etals was perfored by cobining containerless processing with X-ray scattering, synchrotron X-ray diffraction, and neutron diffraction ethods [10 13]. For liquid Ti, Lee et al. [14] easured the structure factor of an electrostatically levitated Ti droplet at 282 K undercooling by synchrotron X-ray diffraction, and Holland-Moritz et al. [15] deterined the The Author(s This article is published with open access at Springerlink.co csb.scichina.co

2 720 Wang H P, et al. Chin Sci Bull March (2012 Vol.57 No.7 structure factor of liquid Ti at about 200 K undercooling by neutron scattering cobined with an electroagnetic levitation technique. However, any probles with respect to the density and structure of liquid Ti still need to be resolved. Molecular dynaics ethod, cobining with a reasonable potential odel, has been used to siulate the properties and liquid structures of undercooled etals [16 19]. Copared with experiental studies, high undercooling is easily achieved in siulations, and ore detailed inforation can therefore be accordingly obtained. The objective of the present work is to study the density and structure of etastable undercooled Ti over a uch broader teperature range than those previously studied. Subsequently, the olar volue and theral expansion coefficient are also derived. 1 Materials and ethod Selection of the potential odel is very iportant for the final calculated results. In density functional theory, the odified ebedded ato ethod (MEAM was proposed by Baskes, based on the potential odel of an ebedded ato ethod [20]. As well as describing etals with cubic structure, the MEAM odel can also deal with etals with hexagonal structures, including Ti [21,22]. The MEAM potential odel is expressed by [20] 1 Etot Fi ( i ij ( rij, i 2 i, j( i j (1 where F i is the energy of the ebedded ato i in an electron density i, i,j is a pair of potential interactions between atos i and j, which is sued over all neighbors j of ato i within the cutoff distance. In the present work, Ti atos are arranged in a cubic box as the liquid structure. The syste is subjected to periodic boundary conditions in three diensions under constant pressure and constant teperature. The tie step is 1 fs and the pressure is set to 10 5 Pa. The teperature is adjusted every 50 steps. It starts at 3000 K to obtain an equilibriu liquid state. The initial teperature is kept constant for steps. The cooling process, with a cooling rate of K/s, is perfored for calculations at 100 K teperature intervals. At each teperature, steps are carried out for equilibriu. The last steps are used to calculate the final results. During the calculations, the syste is kept in a liquid state by onitoring the pair-distribution function (PDF and the ean-square displaceent versus the siulated tie. All codes are run in a Lenovo 1800 Cluster syste. and aterials design. The density of liquid Ti is calculated as a function of teperature, as illustrated in Figure 1. The density exhibits a nonlinear dependence on the teperature T: ( T T ( T T (g/c 3,(2 8 2 where the elting point T is equal to 1943 K. The calculated teperature for the density of liquid Ti is in the range K, including 743 K undercooling and 457 K superheating. Such a large undercooling is hard to achieve experientally. Fro eq. (2, the density at the elting teperature is 4.14 g/c 3, and its first and second teperature coefficients are g c 3 K 1 and g c 3 K 2. Figure 1 also presents the density results for liquid Ti obtained by other researchers, for evaluation of the present results obtained by olecular dynaics ethods. Rhi et al. [7] easured the density of liquid Ti in the teperature range K using an ESL, and the following linear expression was obtained: (g/c 3. ( ( T T This result is also illustrated in Figure 1, and includes a axiu undercooling of 293 K, as arked by line 1. It can be seen that Rhi s result is larger than the present result. At the elting teperature, only a difference of 0.07 g/c 3 exists between the two results, i.e. Rhi s result of g/c 3 is 1.6% larger than the present value of 4.14 g/c 3. However, the present teperature coefficient is larger than that obtained by Rhi s experients. Paradis et al. [8] easured the density of liquid Ti using an ESL ethod and derived the following correlation: ( T T (g/c 3, (4 where the experiental teperature range is K, and includes a axiu undercooling of 193 K. The present calculated value of the density at the elting teperature is 2 Results and discussion Density data play a fundaental role in nuerical odeling Figure 1 Density of liquid Ti versus teperature.

3 Wang H P, et al. Chin Sci Bull March (2012 Vol.57 No very close to Paradis s experiental result. However, there is a large difference between the two teperature coefficients. Ishikawa et al. [9] also deterined the density of liquid Ti using their ESL facility and derived the following relationship: (g/c 3, ( ( T T where the experiental teperature range is K, and includes a axiu undercooling of 263 K. The density of liquid Ti in Sithells Metals Reference Book [23] is (g/c 3. ( ( T T According to the above analysis, the axiu undercoolings achieved by Rhi, Paradis, and Ishikawa are 293, 193 and 263 K, respectively. In Sithells Metals Reference Book [23], only the data for the density of liquid Ti above the elting teperature are given. The four previously obtained densities at the elting teperature are as follows: Rhi s result is g/c 3, Paradis s result is 4.10 g/c 3, Ishikawa s result is 4.17 g/c 3, and the result in [13] is 4.13 g/c 3. The present value is 4.14 g/c 3. Aong these results, the axiu is Rhi s value of g/c 3, the iniu value is Paradis s result of 4.10 g/c 3, and the difference between the is g/c 3. Such a sall difference is quite satisfactory. However, there are large differences aong the teperature coefficients reported by different researchers. Paradis s teperature coefficient, g c 3 K 1, is the iniu. The second lowest, g c 3 K 1, is Rhi s result, and the others are approxiate. Although there are no significant differences aong the density values at the elting teperature, the deviations aong these results becoe increasingly large when the teperature deviates fro the elting teperature for either the superheated state or the undercooled state. In ters of the above analysis, the present results agree well with Ishikawa s results (line 3 and the data in [13] (line 4. Accordingly, it can be concluded that our olecular dynaics siulation provides reasonable density data for liquid Ti, especially for a highly undercooled state. According to the present density, iportant physical properties such as the olar volue and theral expansion coefficient, which have close relationships with the density, could be derived for liquid Ti. The olar volue V of liquid Ti is coputed and given in Figure 2 (hollow circles, and can be expressed by V T T 7 2 (c 3 /ol. (7 Figure 2 shows that V increases nonlinearly with increasing teperature; V is c 3 /ol at the elting teperature of 1943 K, but V drops to c 3 /ol when the undercooling achieves 743 K. It is evident that the olar volue at the axiu undercooling is 3.3% saller Figure 2 Molar volue and theral expansion coefficient of liquid Ti versus teperature. than that at the elting point. For solid Ti, V is c 3 /ol at roo teperature. This eans that the value V for liquid Ti at 1943 K is 8.6% larger than that of solid Ti at 293 K. For the axiu undercooling of 768 K, the olar volue of liquid Ti is 5.2% larger than that of solid Ti at roo teperature. This indicates that the structure of liquid Ti ay change accordingly. The theral expansion coefficient β can be expressed as 1. T Based on the above equations and the density results, the theral expansion coefficients of liquid Ti are coputed and shown in Figure 2; they can be expressed as ( T T. (9 The theral expansion coefficient increases nonlinearly with increasing teperature coefficient. The theral expansion coefficients of liquid Ti are of the order of agnitude However, those of solid Ti are of the order of agnitude 10 6 ; for exaple, at 373 K is K 1, and at 1073 K is K 1. It can be seen that for Ti in the liquid state is uch larger than that of solid; this ay be because the inter-atoic forces in liquid etals are uch weaker than those in solid etals. Furtherore, the liquid structure of Ti can be represented by the PDF; this is coputed using the equation g(r=v<n i (r, r + r>/(4 r 2 rn, where V is the calculated cell volue, n i (r, r + r is the ato nuber around the ith ato in a spherical shell between r and r + r, < > is the average sybol, and N is the ato nuber. This is calculated in the stable superheated state and etastable undercooled state for liquid Ti. For undercooled liquid Ti in particular, the undercooling is sufficiently large to enable the study of structural changes at the atoic scale. For clarity, only the PDFs at four teperatures, 2400 K (highly superheated state, 2000 K (near the elting teperature, 1600 K (undercooled state, and 1200 K (highly undercooled state are

4 722 Wang H P, et al. Chin Sci Bull March (2012 Vol.57 No.7 presented in Figure 3. In Figure 3, clear peaks exist at the first-neighbor distance. With increasing distance, the PDF values approxiate to 1. This suggests that the Ti atos in the siulated syste are ordered in the short range and disordered in the long range. These are typical characteristics of liquids. Although the four PDFs look siilar to each other, there are still soe differences aong the. The first peak heights of the PDFs change significantly with teperature; this represents the degree of order of the Ti atos at the first-neighbor distance. For the peaks at the sub-neighbor distance, a saddle occurs at 2400 K, the saddle changes to two sall peaks at 2000 K, to two obvious peaks instead of a saddle at 1600 K, and three sall peaks appear at 1200 K, indicating that the liquid structure of Ti changes when liquid Ti changes fro a highly superheated state to a etastable undercooled state. Figure 4 illustrates the PDF heights at the first- and subneighbor distances of liquid Ti. The PDF values at R 1 (Figure 4(a decrease with increasing teperature. At 1200 K, the PDF at R 1 is 4.95, which is 43% larger than the value of 3.47 at 2400 K. It is apparent that the degree of order of the ato distribution increases fro the noral liquid to the undercooled liquid. The second peaks are also analyzed at different teperatures, and are shown in Figure 4(b. The features are siilar to those of the PDFs at R 1, and the PDFs at R 2 increase with increased undercooling. Coparing the PDF at R 2 at 1200 K with that at 2400 K shows that the value is enhanced by 32% when liquid Ti cools fro a superheated state at 2400 K to a highly undercooled state at 1200 K. Figure 4 Pair distribution function heights at (a first- and (b subneighbor distances of liquid Ti versus teperature. The coordination nuber of liquid Ti is also coputed to analyze the liquid structure. First, the cutting distances r c are deterined fro the first PDF peaks, as shown in Figure 5. It can be seen that r c slightly increases with increasing teperature. The coordination nuber is alost independent of the teperature, and is in the range fro 1200 to 2400 K. This is different fro the characteristics of the PDF peak heights. 3 Concluding rearks In suary, the densities and structures of liquid Ti were investigated in the teperature range K, including both superheated and undercooled states. The density Figure 3 Pair distribution functions of liquid Ti versus teperature. Figure 5 Coordination nuber and cutting distance of liquid Ti versus teperature.

5 Wang H P, et al. Chin Sci Bull March (2012 Vol.57 No increases nonlinearly with increased undercooling. At the elting teperature, the density is 4.14 g/c 3, and its first and second teperature coefficients are g c 3 K 1 and g c 3 K 2. The present work provides density values over a broader teperature range, especially for larger undercooling regies, than those in previous studies. The axiu undercooling is 743 K. Such a large undercooling is hard to achieve experientally. Based on the highly accurate calculated density, the olar volue and theral expansion coefficient are derived; these increase quadratically with increasing teperature. The PDF heights at the first-neighbor distance increase with decreasing teperature. For 1200 K, the PDF at R 1 is 4.95, which is 43% larger than the value of 3.47 at 2400 K. The PDF at the sub-neighbor distance is siilar to the PDF at R 1, which increases with increased undercooling. 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