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Title: Pressure-induced kinetics of the α to ω transition in zirconium

Abstract

Diamond anvil cells (DAC) coupled with x-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements are one of the primary techniques for investigating structural stability of materials at high pressure-temperature (P-T) conditions. DAC-XRD has been predominantly used to resolve structural information at set P-T conditions and, consequently, provides P-T phase diagram information on a broad range of materials. With advances in large scale synchrotron x-ray facilities and corresponding x-ray diagnostic capabilities, it is now becoming possible to perform sub-second time resolved measurements on micron sized DAC samples. As a result, there is an opportunity to gain valuable information about the kinetics of structural phase transformations and extend our understanding of material behavior at high P-T conditions. Using DAC-XRD time resolved measurements, we have investigated the kinetics of the α to ω transformation in zirconium. We observe a clear time and pressure dependence in the martensitic α-ω transition as a function of pressure-jump, i.e., drive pressure. The resulting data are fit using available kinetics models, which can provide further insight into transformation mechanism that influence transformation kinetics. Lastly, our results help shed light on the discrepancies observed in previous measurements of the α-ω transition pressure in zirconium.

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Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C. (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1209152
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1212180; OSTI ID: 1221375; OSTI ID: 1335853; OSTI ID: 1421108
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-15-21096
Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396; NA0001974; FG02-99ER45775; AC02-06CH11357; NA0002006
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Published Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Applied Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Volume: 118 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; zirconium; hydrostatics; high pressure; diamond anvil cells; x-ray diffraction; kinetics; time resolved

Citation Formats

Jacobsen, M. K., Velisavljevic, N., and Sinogeikin, S. V. Pressure-induced kinetics of the α to ω transition in zirconium. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4926724.
Jacobsen, M. K., Velisavljevic, N., & Sinogeikin, S. V. Pressure-induced kinetics of the α to ω transition in zirconium. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4926724
Jacobsen, M. K., Velisavljevic, N., and Sinogeikin, S. V. 2015. "Pressure-induced kinetics of the α to ω transition in zirconium". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4926724.
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abstractNote = {Diamond anvil cells (DAC) coupled with x-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements are one of the primary techniques for investigating structural stability of materials at high pressure-temperature (P-T) conditions. DAC-XRD has been predominantly used to resolve structural information at set P-T conditions and, consequently, provides P-T phase diagram information on a broad range of materials. With advances in large scale synchrotron x-ray facilities and corresponding x-ray diagnostic capabilities, it is now becoming possible to perform sub-second time resolved measurements on micron sized DAC samples. As a result, there is an opportunity to gain valuable information about the kinetics of structural phase transformations and extend our understanding of material behavior at high P-T conditions. Using DAC-XRD time resolved measurements, we have investigated the kinetics of the α to ω transformation in zirconium. We observe a clear time and pressure dependence in the martensitic α-ω transition as a function of pressure-jump, i.e., drive pressure. The resulting data are fit using available kinetics models, which can provide further insight into transformation mechanism that influence transformation kinetics. Lastly, our results help shed light on the discrepancies observed in previous measurements of the α-ω transition pressure in zirconium.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4926724},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1209152}, journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
issn = {0021-8979},
number = 2,
volume = 118,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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