Motion and Morphology of Triple Junction in Peritectic Reaction Analyzed by Quantitative Phase-field Model

Motion and morphology of triple junction during peritectic reaction process is analyzed for a model alloy system based on a quantitative-phase-field simulation for two-phase solidification involving diffusion in the solid. It is demonstrated that the dominative process controlling the motion of the reaction front gradually changes from the solid–solid transformation to the secondary solid solidification as the moving velocity of solid–solid interface decreases. On the other hand, the local shape of the triple junction is mainly determined by the balance between the interfacial energies regardless of the difference in the moving velocity of solid–solid interface.