Phase Transitions in Gold Contacts to Gallium Arsenide

1984 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Beam ◽  
D. D. L. Chung
Keyword(s):  
Gallium Arsenide ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Peritectic Transformation ◽  
Complete Dissolution ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Similar Phase ◽  
Gold Contacts

AbstractX-ray diffraction was used in situ to study the phase transitions which occurred in 1500 Å Au/GaAs(100) upon heating and cooling. The reaction between Au and GaAs took the form Au + Ga → α Au-Ga. Upon heating, α Au-Ga completely dissolved in liquid Au-Ga. Upon subsequent cooling, β Au-Ga (or Au7Ga2) formed. In 1 atm of nitrogen, phase transitions were observed reversibly at 525 ± 25°C (due to the complete dissolution of α Au-Ga upon heating) and 415 ± 5°C (due to the peritectic transformation of β Au-Ga to α Au-Ga and liquid Au-Ga upon heating). In a vacuum of 425 μ (0.031 Kg/2m) similar phase transitions were observed at 425 ± 25°C and 387 ± 13°C, respectively.

Texture Evolution Under Fast Heating and Cooling Rates of Zirconium Alloys Studied In-Situ by Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi-Toan Nguyen ◽  
Alistair Garner ◽  
Javier Romero ◽  
Antoine Ambard ◽  
Michael Preuss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Texture Evolution ◽  
Zirconium Alloys ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Fast Heating ◽  
Cooling Rates ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Heating And Cooling

High-Pressure Phase Transitions of Cubic Y 2 O 3 under High Pressures by In-situ Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 046103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng Jiang ◽  
Jing Liu ◽  
Xiao-Dong Li ◽  
Yan-Chun Li ◽  
Shang-Ming He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
High Pressures ◽  
High Pressure Phase ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Pressure Phase

scholarly journals Thermal evolution of the crystal structure and phase transitions of KNbO 3

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 180368 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. L. Skjærvø ◽  
K. Høydalsvik ◽  
A. B. Blichfeld ◽  
M.-A. Einarsrud ◽  
T. Grande
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Thermal Evolution ◽  
Dynamical Instability ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Cell Parameters ◽  
First Order ◽  
Heating And Cooling

The thermal evolution of the crystal structure and phase transitions of KNbO 3 were investigated by high-temperature powder X-ray diffraction and Rietveld refinement of the diffraction data. Two phase transitions from orthorhombic ( Amm 2) to tetragonal ( P 4 mm ) and from tetragonal to cubic ( P m 3 ¯ m ) were confirmed, both on heating and cooling. Both phase transitions are first order based on the observed hysteresis. The mixed displacive and order–disorder nature of the tetragonal to cubic transition is argued based on symmetry and apparent divergence of the atomic positions from pseudo-cubic values. The transition between the orthorhombic and tetragonal phase shows no temperature-dependence for atomic positions and only thermal expansion of the unit cell parameters and is thus discussed in relation to a lattice dynamical instability.

Phase Transitions and Recrystallization in a Ti-46at%Al-9at%Nb Alloy as Observed by In-Situ High-Energy X-ray Diffraction

2006 ◽  
Vol 980 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus-Dieter Liss ◽  
Helmut Clemens ◽  
Arno Bartels ◽  
Andreas Stark ◽  
Thomas Buslaps
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Strain Relaxation ◽  
Reciprocal Lattice ◽  
Lamellar Microstructure ◽  
High Energy ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Orientation Relationships ◽  
X Ray

AbstractHigh-energy synchrotron X-ray diffraction is a powerful tool for bulk studies of materials. In this investigation, it is applied to the investigation of an intermetallic γ-TiAl based alloy with a composition of Ti-46Al-9Nb. The morphology of the reflections on the Debye-Scherrer rings is evaluated in order to approach grain sizes as well as crystallographic correlations. An in-situ heating cycle from room temperature to a temperature above the α-transus temperature has been conducted starting from a massively transformed sample. With increasing temperature the occurrence of strain relaxation, chemical and phase separation, domain orientations, phase transitions, recrystallization processes, and subsequent grain growth can be observed. During cooling to room temperature, crystallographic correlations between the re-appearing γ-phase and the host α-phase, known as the Blackburn correlation, are observed in the reciprocal lattice, which splits into different twinning and domain orientation relationships present in the fully lamellar microstructure.

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