Fig. 12: Normalized concentration of Cr in the liquid phase as a function of exposure time. | npj Materials Degradation

Fig. 12: Normalized concentration of Cr in the liquid phase as a function of exposure time.

From: A mesoscale phase-field model of intergranular liquid lithium corrosion of ferritic/martensitic steels

Fig. 12

With a 1 μm thick liquid phase above a 20 μm average grain size microstructure with 6 GBs, it takes 6000 hours for the system to reach saturation. The data presented here are an average from ten microstructures where the shaded colored region represents the SD of the ten simulations. Note, the consistency across the ten microstructures resulted in a negligible SD. Sub-graph displays a magnified version to clearly highlight the liquid concentration nearing saturation. All subsequent concentration plots possess a range and domain akin to the sub-graph.

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