Crystallization Behavior and Microhardness Evolution in Al92−xNi8Lax Amorphous Alloys

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 2927-2933 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.L. Sahoo ◽  
M. Wollgarten ◽  
K.B. Kim ◽  
J. Banhart

The crystallization behavior of melt-spun amorphous Al92−xNi8Lax (x = 4 to 6) alloys was investigated by means of differential scanning calorimetry, x-ray diffractometry, and transmission electron microscopy. Crystallization kinetics were analyzed by Kissinger and Johnson–Mehl–Avrami approaches. Microhardness of all the ribbons was examined at different temperatures and correlated with the corresponding structural evolution. The results show that the variation of La content from Al88Ni8La4 to Al86Ni8La6 has significant influence on the crystallization pathways from amorphous to stable crystalline phases and on the evolution of microhardness with temperature. The two stages of crystallization in Al88Ni8La4 and Al87Ni8La5 alloys correspond to formation of fcc-Al and Al11La3, Al3Ni, Al3La. In Al86Ni8La6, three stages of crystallization are observed which correspond to formation of a metastable phase, fcc-Al, Al11La3, Al3Ni, and Al11La3, Al3Ni, Al3La, and decomposition of a metastable phases to stable crystalline phases.

2015 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Błoch ◽  
M. Nabiałek ◽  
M. Dośpiał ◽  
S. Garus

Abstract The aim of this paper is to present the results of crystallization studies for the bulk amorphous (Fe0.61Co0.10Zr0.025Hf0.025 Ti0.02W0.02B0.20)98Y2, Fe61Co10TixY6B20, Fe61Co10Ti2Y7B20 alloys. The crystallization of the alloys was studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The amorphicity of the investigated alloys in the as-quenched state was testified using Mossbauer spectroscopy, X-ray diffractometry and transmission electron microscopy. Moreover, X-ray diffractometry was applied to structure investigations of partially crystallized samples. The crystallization process in the investigated alloys occurs in one or two stages. Two peaks in the DSC curves can be overlapped or well separated indicating the complex crystallization processes. From X-ray diffraction we have stated that in both types of devitrification the crystalline phase can be ascribed to the α-FeCo. In the first stage the crystalline grains seem to grow from the nuclei frozen in the samples during the rapid quenching, whereas in the second one both the growth of the existed grains and creation of new ones during annealing may occur.


Author(s):  
A. G. Igrevskaya ◽  
A. I. Bazlov ◽  
N. Yu. Tabachkova ◽  
D. V. Louzguine ◽  
V. S. Zolotorevskiy

Aluminum-based metallic glasses are the new promising family of materials. However, the effect of heat treatment on the structure and properties of Al–Y–Ni–Co amorphous alloys has not been widely studied so far. In this paper, Al85Y8Ni5Co2 amorphous alloy strips were obtained by hardening on a rotary copper wheel. The effect of vacuum annealing at temperatures ranging from 100 to 500 °C for 30 minutes on the structure and hardness of these strips was investigated. Transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction analysis, and differential scanning calorimetry were used to study changes in the structure of strips after heat treatment. Vickers microhardness was measured to investigate the effect of annealing on the mechanical properties of strips. The results obtained allowed for the conclusions made about changes in hardness depending on the Al85Y8Ni5Co2 alloy strip structure. It was found that as the temperature rises, strip microhardness increases reaching a maximum value of 575±7 HV after annealing at 350 °C, then it decreases with a further increase in the annealing temperature. It was shown that the Al85Y8Ni5Co2 alloy strips remain completely amorphous and no crystalline phases are detected in their structures after annealing at temperatures up to 250 °C for 30 minutes. A sharp increase in hardness after annealing at 350 °C is associated with 10–30 nm nanocrystals of an aluminum solid solution formed in the amorphous matrix and surrounded by a residual amorphous matrix, while further hardness decrease is associated with the increasing sizes of these crystals and Al3Y and Al19Ni5Y3 intermetallics formed in the structure.


Author(s):  
S. Mahajan

The evolution of dislocation channels in irradiated metals during deformation can be envisaged to occur in three stages: (i) formation of embryonic cluster free regions, (ii) growth of these regions into microscopically observable channels and (iii) termination of their growth due to the accumulation of dislocation damage. The first two stages are particularly intriguing, and we have attempted to follow the early stages of channel formation in polycrystalline molybdenum, irradiated to 5×1019 n. cm−2 (E > 1 Mev) at the reactor ambient temperature (∼ 60°C), using transmission electron microscopy. The irradiated samples were strained, at room temperature, up to the macroscopic yield point.Figure 1 illustrates the early stages of channel formation. The observations suggest that the cluster free regions, such as A, B and C, form in isolated packets, which could subsequently link-up to evolve a channel.


1991 ◽  
Vol 237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toyohiko J. Konno ◽  
Robert Sinclair

ABSTRACTThe crystallization of sputter-deposited Si/Al amorphous alloys was examined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). In-situ high-resolution TEM reveals the existence of an Al layer between the amorphous matrix and the growing crystalline phase. The activation energy for the growth is about 1.2eV, roughly corresponding to the activation energy of Si diffusion in Al. These two observations support the view that a crystallization mechanism, in which an Al buffer layer provides the shortest reaction path, is responsible for the reaction. The product microstructure exhibits secondary crystallization at a higher temperature.


2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 1743-1749 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. C. Zhang ◽  
J. Xu ◽  
E. Ma

A high-energy ball milling procedure has been developed to produce amorphous alloys in Ti50(Cu0.45Ni0.55)44−xAlxSi4B2 (x= 0, 4, 8, 12) powder mixtures. The milling products were characterized using x-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, and transmission electron microscopy. The Ti-based amorphous alloy powders prepared through this solid-state process exhibit a well-defined glass transition and a supercooled liquid region (ΔTx =64 K) close to the largest achieved so far for Ti-based undercooled melts. The substitution of Al for Cu and Ni has beneficial effects on stabilizing the supercooled liquid. Residual nanocrystals of the αTi structure are uniformly dispersed in the amorphous matrix. The composite alloy powders offer the potential for consolidation in the supercooled liquid region to bulk lightweight amorphous alloys and the possibility to attain desirable mechanical properties.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 184798042092275
Author(s):  
Luciana A. Castillo ◽  
Silvia E. Barbosa

A comparative analysis of crystallization behavior induced by several mineral fillers in polypropylene nanocomposites was performed. Morphological changes and thermal properties of nanocomposites were evaluated, considering the influence of shape, crystalline morphology, and concentration of mineral particles. For this study, hydrated magnesium silicates with different particle morphologies, such as platelets (talc) and fibers (sepiolite), were used for nanocomposites. In addition, to analyze the effect of mineral crystallinity on nanocomposites, talc and sepiolite from different origin and genesis were selected. Nanocomposites were compounded and injection molded, using different filler concentration (0, 1, and 3% w/w) for each mineral particle. To evaluate the particle influence on nanocomposite crystallinity, X-ray diffraction was used to determine crystalline phases and crystal orientation, meanwhile differential scanning calorimetry was performed to obtain thermal properties. Main results revealed that talc has a higher nucleating effect on polypropylene matrix than sepiolite fibers, regardless of their origin and genesis. Meanwhile, a transcrystalline layer that surrounds the fiber surface is observed for nanocomposite containing sepiolite. Moreover, Argentinean talc induces different crystalline phases in nanocomposite with respect to Australian one, which partly influences on mechanical properties.


2010 ◽  
Vol 163 ◽  
pp. 101-105
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Ziewiec ◽  
Krystian Prusik

The aim of the work was to provide information on structure development and change of properties at elevated temperatures in Fe41Ni39P10Si5B5 amorphous alloy. The alloy was characterized by X-ray diffraction. The changes of properties were characterized with use of dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA) and the resistivity measurements at elevated temperatures. The microstructure of the melt spun ribbon was investigated with use of transmission electron microscope (TEM) at different stages of phase transformations after heating to different temperatures. The initially amorphous structure undergoes phase transformations due to glass transition and crystallization of the alloy. The appearance of glass transition region results in decrease of storage modulus and in a reversible change of temperature coefficient of resistivity (TCR). The phases are characterized with use of TEM. The crystallization was found to have the two stages. Formation of bcc crystals and Ni12P5 is followed by transformation of the products into fcc crystals and Ni3P. Temporary changes of the storage modulus and elongation of the sample suggest formation of hard phases during crystallization.


2011 ◽  
Vol 412 ◽  
pp. 263-266
Author(s):  
Hong Wei Zhang ◽  
Li Li Zhang ◽  
Feng Rui Zhai ◽  
Jia Jin Tian ◽  
Can Bang Zhang

The higher mechanical strength of Al87Ce3Ni8.5Mn1.5 nanophase amorphous composites has been obtained with two methods. The first nanophase amorphous composites are directly produced by the single roller spin quenching technology. The method taken for the second nanophase amorphous composites is at first to obtain amorphous single-phase alloy, followed by annealed at different temperatures .The formative condition, the microstructure, the particle size, the volume fraction of α-Al phase and microhardness of nanophase amorphous composites etc have been investigated and compared by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The microstructure of composites produced by the second method is higher than the former, the fabricated material structure of the system is more uniform and the process is easier to control.


2012 ◽  
Vol 476-478 ◽  
pp. 85-88
Author(s):  
Wei Zhuang ◽  
Yu Lei Du

Mg60Ni23.6La16.4 amorphous ribbon was prepared by melting-spinning method and the crystallization behavior was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The Mg60Ni23.6La16.4 crystallization process exhibits two stages of crystallization and shows an obviously kinetic nature. Isothermal DSC curves indicate that the crystallization is a nucleation-and-growth procedure. The activation energy analysis based on Kissinger Method shows that the growth process for the first crystallization procedure is more difficult than that for the second one. Calculation based on the Johnson-Mehl-Avrami (JMA) model shows that the primary crystallization starts from small crystalline grains with an increasing nucleation rate.


1998 ◽  
Vol 554 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. G. Nieh ◽  
J. G. Wang ◽  
J. Wadsworth ◽  
T. Mukai ◽  
C. T. Liu

AbstractThe thermal properties of an amorphous alloy (composition in at.%: Zr-10Al-5Ti-17.9Cu-14.6Ni), and particularly the glass transition and crystallization temperature as a function of heating rate, were characterized using Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). X-ray diffraction analyses and Transmission Electron Microscopy were also conducted on samples heat-treated at different temperatures for comparison with the DSC results. Superplasticity in the alloy was studied at 410°C, a temperature within the supercooled liquid region. Both single strain rate and strain rate cycling tests in tension were carried out to investigate the deformation behavior of the alloy in the supercooled liquid region. The experimental results indicated that the alloy did not behave like a Newtonian fluid.


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