Table 1 Material and computational parameters employed in the model

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

Parameter

Value

Unit

Ref

Chemical free energy density curvature parameter A

5 × 109

N/m2

 

Interface kinetics coefficient L

1

m2/(N s)

 

Concentration in the solid phase csolid

13.4

mol/L

44

Saturated concentration in the liquid phase csat

10.3

mol/L

20

Interfacial energy Γ

4

N/m

77,78

Computational GB thickness lp

100

nm

 

Physical Cr depletion thickness δgb

15

nm

79

Interfacial thickness ℓ

4

μm

 

Grain boundary diffusivity Dgb

1.70 × 10−15

m2/s

76

Metal grain diffusivity Dmg

5.11 × 10−21

m2/s

76