Abstract
A combination of X-ray and neutron powder diffraction has been used to measure the two long range order parameters vs. temperature below the disorder-B2 transition in the ternary alloy Cu2AlMn. The results indicate that at temperatures just below the critical point the Al + Mn sublattice is enriched in Al. First-principles calculations based on only the atomic numbers of Cu, Mn and Al support the experimentally-observed preference of Al for the Al + Mn sublattice, and reveal the interplay between the constituent binary systems that gives rise to this behavior.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 39-45 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Computational Materials Science |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 1997 |
Funding
RPM was supported by a National Research Council PostdoctoralFellowship. Work at Sandia was supportedb y the U.S. DOE, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Materials Science under contract No. DE-AC04-94AL85000. J.J.H. was supported by the National Science Foundation under contract No. DMR 9301220. The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is operatedb y Lockheed Martin Research Corporation for the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) under Contract No. DE-AC05960R22464. The X-ray work was sponsored by the Assistant Secretaryf or Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of Transportation Technologies, as part of the High TemperatureM aterials Lab (ORNL). STM was supported in part by an appointment to the ORNL Postdoctoral Research Associates Program administeredj ointly by ORNL and ORISE.
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Division of Materials Science | |
Office of Basic Energy Sciences | |
Office of Transportation Technologies | |
U. S. Department of Energy | |
U.S. DOE | |
National Science Foundation | |
U.S. Department of Energy | |
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy | |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory | |
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education | |
National Research Council |