One of the most dangerous technical failures of materials is intergranular brittle fracture
(temper embrittlement) as it proceeds very quickly and its appearance is often hardly …

Grain boundary embrittlement occurs when a solute enriches at a grain boundary and
lowers its cohesive energy. While grain boundary enrichment is often attributed to …

An atomistic study of symmetrical [001] tilt boundaries in fcc metals with a non-equilibrium
distribution of substitutional impurities in the boundaries has been carried out. The atomic …

This feature article summarizes the present art and science of grain boundary segregation
from the viewpoint of the authors activities in this field. In the part on equilibrium segregation …

We discuss theoretical models of interfacial embrittlement by solute segregation. Of
properties susceptible to alteration by segregation, the ideal work of interfacial separation …

Interface adsorption or segregation in metallurgy is reviewed with particular reference to the
phenomenon of grain boundary adsorption and its effect on important mechanical properties …

This paper considers the problem of impurity segregation in metals and the effect of these
impurities on grain boundary cohesion. The primary goal of this paper is to provide a …

Physical and chemical properties of solid materials are strongly. influenced by the chemical
composition of internal interfaces, One of the crucial parameters affecting interfacial …

The equilibrium segregation of dilute solutes to interfaces in solids is defined and reviewed.
Experimental techniques for measuring segregation to grain boundaries, free surfaces, and …

A simple thermodynamic calculation to assess the effect of grain size on grain boundary
segregation has been performed. It is shown that in binary alloys when the bulk solute …