Open AccessPressure effects on Al89La6Ni5 amorphous alloy crystallization
Author(s) -
Yanxin Zhuang,
Jingyi Jiang,
Taoyu Zhou,
Henrik Koblitz Rasmussen,
L. Gerward,
Mohamed Mézouar,
Wilson A. Crichton,
Akihisa Inoue
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
applied physics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182
H-Index - 442
eISSN - 1077-3118
pISSN - 0003-6951
DOI - 10.1063/1.1332409
Subject(s) - crystallization , materials science , amorphous solid , eutectic system , alloy , amorphous metal , metastability , phase (matter) , ambient pressure , precipitation , crystallography , thermodynamics , metallurgy , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , meteorology
The pressure effect on the crystallization of the Al89La6Ni5 amorphous alloy has been investigated by in situ high-pressure and high-temperature x-ray powder diffraction using synchrotron radiation. The amorphous alloy crystallizes in two steps in the pressure range studied (0–4 GPa). The first process, corresponding to simultaneous precipitation of fcc-Al crystals and the metastable bcc-(AlNi)11La3-like phase, is governed by a eutectic reaction. The second process corresponds to the transformation of a residual amorphous alloy into fcc-Al, Al11La3, Al3Ni, and as yet unidentified phase(s). The applied pressure strongly affects the crystallization processes of the amorphous alloy. Both temperatures first decrease with pressure in the pressure range of 0–1 GPa and then increase with pressure up to 4 GPa. The results are discussed with reference to competing processes between the thermodynamic potential barrier and the diffusion activation energy under pressure.
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