A first-principles study of cementite (Fe3C) and its alloyed counterparts: Structural properties, stability, and electronic structure

V. I. Razumovskiy; G. Ghosh

doi:10.1016/j.commatsci.2015.08.006

A first-principles study of cementite (Fe₃C) and its alloyed counterparts: Structural properties, stability, and electronic structure

V. I. Razumovskiy, G. Ghosh^*

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Materials Science and Engineering

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Abstract

As a part of our systematic study, the total energies and equilibrium cohesive properties of carbides with the structure of cementite (Fe₃C), and its alloyed counterparts (Fe₂MC, FeM₂C and M₃C with M = Al, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hf, Mn, Mo, Nb, Ni, Si, Ta, Ti, V, W and Zr) are calculated employing electronic density-functional theory (DFT), all-electron PAW pseudopotentials and the generalized gradient approximation for the exchange-correlation energy. In this study, following properties are calculated: (i) Unit cell-internal and external parameters of binary and ternary cementites, (ii) Equation of state (EOS) parameters defining a few material constants, (iii) Zero-temperature heat of formation of binary and ternary cementites, (iv) Ground-state structure of Mn₃C, and (v) Electronic structure and selected magnetic properties. The bonding between M and C in M₃C is discussed based on analyses of calculated density of states and charge densities.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	169-181
Number of pages	13
Journal	Computational Materials Science
Volume	110
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2015.08.006
State	Published - Dec 1 2015

Keywords

Ab initio phase stability
Cementite
Density of states
Electronic structure
Equation of state
Magnetic property

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