Phase-field model of solidification of a binary alloy

Zhiqiang Bi and Robert F. Sekerka

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1998, vol. 261, issue 1, 95-106

Abstract: We develop a rather general thermodynamically consistent phase-field model for solidification of a binary alloy, based on an entropy functional that contains squared gradient terms in the energy density, the composition and the phase-field variable. By assuming positive local entropy production, we derive generalized phase-field equations for an alloy, including cross terms that connect thermal and compositional driving forces to energy and solute fluxes. We explore this model in detail for a regular solution and show that four existing models can be recovered as special cases. We also use it to develop a new phase-field model for an alloy in which an explicit phase-field variable is absent.

Keywords: Phase-field; Models; Alloy; Solidification; Irreversible thermodynamics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00364-1

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