Decomposition mechanism in supercooled liquid alloys.
The authors performed small-angle neutron scattering experiments on the bulk amorphous alloy Zr{sub 41.2}Ti{sub 13.8}Cu{sub 12.5}Ni{sub 10}Be{sub 22.5} (Vit1{reg_sign}) and on further alloys, where the ZrTi and CuBe content have been changed, following the tie-line in the direction of Zr{sub 46.8}Ti{sub 8.2}Cu{sub 7.5}Ni{sub 10}Be{sub 27.5} (Vit4{reg_sign}). The SANS data of the samples, preannealed at temperatures between 330 C and 390 C, show interference peaks giving evidence for spatially correlated arrangements of inhomogeneities. The Q values of the interference peaks, Q{sub max}, decrease with increasing annealing temperature T{sub a} and, at a given annealing temperature, with composition following the tie-line from Vit1 to Vit4. They find that, in two distinguished regimes, the data follow a relation 1/L{sup 2} {proportional_to} T{sub a} as predicted by Cahn's theory (L = 2{pi}/Q{sub max} is the wavelength of the decomposition), with a crossover at the glass transition temperature T{sub g} = 350 C. The authors explain the crossover by different diffusion mechanisms below and above T{sub g}.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 11887
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/IPNS/CP-99464
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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