@article{6499, author = {Mathias Ekman and Kristin A Persson and Goran Grimvall}, title = {Phase diagram and lattice instability in tungsten-rhenium alloys}, abstract = {

Tungsten has been suggested as a material in applications where it is irradiated by neutrons and undergoes transmutation to rhenium. Pure W has the bcc lattice structure. According to the equilibrium phase diagram about 30 at.\% Re can go into a bcc W{\textpm}Re solid solution. However, ab initio electronic structure calculations show that the bcc lattice becomes dynamically unstable at high Re concentrations. Through a detailed calculation of the phonon spectrum, we {\textregistered}nd that bcc W1{\"y}cRec does not become dynamically unstable until cJ 0:7, i.e., well above the equilibrium solubility limit of Re in bcc W. Concentration {\textasciimacron}uctuations of Re in irradiated W will therefore not lead to any signi{\textregistered}cant number of regions where the bcc lattice collapses due to a dynamical instability. {\'O} 2000 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

}, year = {2000}, booktitle = {Journal of Nuclear Materials}, journal = {Journal of Nuclear Materials}, series = {Journal of Nuclear Materials}, volume = {278}, number = {2-3}, pages = {273-276}, month = {04/2000}, isbn = {0022-3115}, language = {eng}, }