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B. Sonderegger, M Hacksteiner, F Mendez-Martin, I. Holzer, E. Kozeschnik:
"Calculation of phase boundary energies and application in multi-component steels";
Talk: Liege Conference: Materials for Advanced Power Engineering 2010, Liege, Belgium; 09-27-2010 - 09-29-2010; in: "Materials for Advanced Power Engineering 2010", (2010), 320 - 329.

In precipitation kinetics simulation, phase boundary energies play a key role for predicting nucleation, growth
and coarsening rates of precipitates. Recently, a new concept has been proposed for the calculation of phase
boundary energies, being applicable to multicomponent systems and requiring only minimal computational
effort. This approach, based on the nearest-neighbor broken-bond concept, is particularly useful for the
application in complex multi-component- multi-phase alloys, where calculation time can become costly. In this
work, predictions and limitations of the concept are discussed, and the application is displayed on the example of
the precipitate evolution during heat treatment of a complex 9-12% Cr steel.