EFFECT OF ANNEALING AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES ON THE STRUCTURE AND HARDNESS OF AL85Y8NI5CO2 ALLOY AMORPHOUS STRIPS

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.

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.


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.


2019 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 49-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Eliel Morales-Mendoza ◽  
Francisco Paraguay-Delgado ◽  
J.A. Duarte Moller ◽  
Guillermo Herrera-Pérez ◽  
Nicolaza Pariona

Zinc oxide (ZnO) and Zinc peroxide (ZnO2) nanoparticles were synthesized by colloidal method at low temperature. The thermal stability of ZnO2was studied by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-Ray diffraction (XRD). The crystalline structure and phase change from ZnO2to ZnO by heat treatment was studied in detail. Morphology and particle size was examined using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), for as synthesized ZnO and ZnO2the shape of particles were cuasi-spherical for both materials with average size of 10±2.2 nm and 2.5±0.4 nm, respectively; The crystal size for ZnO obtained by heat treatment was 8±2.2 nm. Electron density contours show the chemical bond type ionic and covalent for ZnO and ZnO2. The vibrational properties were analyzed by Raman and IR spectroscopy. Band gap values were obtained from ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) absorbance spectrum. Photoluminescence (PL) spectrum for ZnO shows two emission edges located at 445 and 492 nm and in the case of ZnO2presents one edge at 364 nm originated from the band edge emission. The optical spectra present a hypsochromic shift, compared with some reported in the literature.


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.


2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (20) ◽  
pp. 1450160
Author(s):  
Z. Hua ◽  
B. Zuo ◽  
Y. M. Sun ◽  
X. N. Wang ◽  
L. R. Dong ◽  
...  

Fe 78 Co 2 Zr 8 Nb 2B10-x Ge x (x = 0, 1, 2, 3) amorphous alloys were prepared by melt-spinning and annealed at different temperatures. The microstructures and magnetic property were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), respectively. The crystallization processes of Fe 78 Co 2 Zr 8 Nb 2 B 10 amorphous alloy at different quenching rates are similar and complex. The α- Fe ( Co ) and α- Mn type phases are observed in their initial stage of crystallization process. Hc increases with increasing annealing temperature in general. Only α- Fe ( Co ) phase is observed in the initial stage of the crystallization processes of Fe 78 Co 2 Zr 8 Nb 2 B 10-x Ge x (x = 0, 1, 2, 3) alloys. The change trend of coercivity is complex compared with Ge -free samples. The magnetic property of Fe 78 Co 2 Zr 8 Nb 2 B 7 Ge 3 is better.


2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 1343-1349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Gao ◽  
Z.J. Zheng ◽  
M.Q. Zeng ◽  
C.P. Luo ◽  
M. Zhu

Ni–P deposits of amorphous, nanocrystalline, and mixed structures were prepared by electroless deposition. The three deposits were hypoeutectic Ni–P alloys with different P concentrations. The overall transformation sequences of the deposits during post-deposition annealing were investigated using differential scanning calorimetry, x-ray diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy. It was found that there existed three heat-release peaks in a mixed-structure deposit during annealing. The first peak came from the precipitation of Ni nanocrystallites from an amorphous matrix, the second peak resulted from the decomposition of the retained amorphous matrix into Ni + Ni3P having a composition close to the eutectic point, and the third peak, newly found in hypoeutectic Ni–P alloys, was assumed to be caused by both grain growth and the precipitation of Ni3P from as-deposited supersaturated Ni(P) nanocrystals interspersed within the amorphous matrix. By comparing the transformation sequences of the amorphous deposit with that of the nanocrystalline deposits, it was concluded that the transformation sequence of the mixed-structure deposit was a superimposition of those of both the amorphous and nanocrystalline deposits.


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.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 984
Author(s):  
Takayuki Tsuchida ◽  
Jun Fukushima ◽  
Hirotsugu Takizawa

A decrease in the crystallite diameter of ferrites irradiated with microwaves has been considered as a non-thermal effect of so-called de-crystallization; however, its mechanism has not been elucidated. We hypothesized that a decrease in the crystallite diameter is caused by interaction between the ordered spins of ferrite and the magnetic field of microwaves. To verify this, we focused on magnetite with a Curie temperature of 585 °C. Temperature dependence around this temperature and time dependence of the crystallite diameter of the magnetite irradiated with microwaves at different temperatures and durations were investigated. From the X-ray diffraction data, the crystallite diameter of magnetite exhibited a minimum value at 500 °C, just below the Curie temperature of magnetite, where the energy loss of the interaction between magnetite’s spins and the microwaves takes the maximum value. The crystallite diameter exhibited a minimum value at 5 min irradiation time, during which the microwaves were excessively absorbed. Transmission electron microscopy observations showed that the microstructure of irradiated magnetite in this study was different from that reported previously, indicating that a decrease in the crystallite diameter is not caused by de-crystallization but its similar phenomenon. A decrease in coercivity and lowering temperature of Verwey transition were observed, evidencing decreased crystallite diameter. This study can thus contribute to the development of the theory of a non-thermal effect.


2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (11) ◽  
pp. 2935-2939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia Zhang ◽  
K. Q. Qiu ◽  
A. M. Wang ◽  
H. F. Zhang ◽  
M. X. Quan ◽  
...  

The effect of pressure on the crystallization behavior of Zr55Al10Ni5Cu30 bulk metallic glass was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry, x-ray diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy. Although the crystallization products under high pressure were about the same as those under ambient pressure, the evident changes in the relative crystallization fraction of each phase were observed. The applied pressure enhanced the crystallization temperature. Pressure annealing of the bulk metallic glass produced a composite with dispersion of very fine nanocrystallites in the amorphous matrix. A full nanocrystallization was obtained for the sample annealed under 5 GPa at 793 K. The mechanism for the pressure-induced nanocrystallization is discussed.


1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1638-1644 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. H. Kam ◽  
Y. Li ◽  
S. C. Ng ◽  
A. Wee ◽  
J. S. Pan ◽  
...  

The effect of heat treatment on the corrosion behavior of seven amorphous melt-spun Mg–Ni–Nd alloys containing 10–20 at.% Ni and 5–15 at.% Nd has been studied. Hydrogen evolution testing was used to determine the dissolution rate of the heat-treated specimens immersed in a 3% NaCl solution saturated with Mg(OH)2. The dissolution rates of the partially crystallized specimens were found to be lower than those of the untreated specimens, while the fully crystallized specimens exhibited marked deterioration of corrosion resistance. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) studies on the heat-treated specimens revealed precipitation of Mg3Nd, Mg12Nd, and Mg2Ni phases during the crystallization. TEM results show that the partially crystallized structure consists of uniform dispersion of either Mg3Nd or Mg2Ni in the amorphous matrix. In contrast, multiple phases precipitate in the fully crystallized specimen.


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