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Study of structural relaxation in alloys of metallic glasses
Author(s) -
Habibi S.,
Soudmand M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
surface and interface analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1096-9918
pISSN - 0142-2421
DOI - 10.1002/sia.1802
Subject(s) - amorphous metal , annealing (glass) , amorphous solid , indentation hardness , materials science , crystallization , relaxation (psychology) , alloy , polyamorphism , phase (matter) , metallurgy , crystallography , analytical chemistry (journal) , microstructure , thermodynamics , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , psychology , social psychology
Structural relaxation in the Fe 78 Si 9 B 11 C 2 amorphous alloy has been studied by using length change and microhardness measurements. It is observed that, owing to thermal annealing at low temperatures, the density of the amorphous phase and also its microhardness increases before the start of crystallization. Hence the amorphous meta‐stable phase can be transformed to a more stable amorphous phase, and also its properties can be improved due to thermal annealing at low temperatures. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.