Nanostructured FeZrCuB alloys prepared by mechanosynthesis
- Departamento de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, 29075-910, Vitoria, Espirito Santo (Brazil)
Nanostructured Fe{sub 84}Zr{sub 9}B{sub 6}Cu{sub 1} alloys were prepared by the mechanosynthesis method, following two alternative routes. In the first procedure, the alloy was directly obtained from the milling of the powder mixture of all elemental components. The resulting alloy was partially nanocrystalline, with dispersion of nanograins in an amorphous matrix. In the second route, Cu and B elemental powders were progressively added to a previously milled Fe{sub 90}Zr{sub 10} alloy. A nearly single amorphous phase was consequently obtained. The dispersion of nanograins was easily recovered in this case, after annealing the milled alloy. The hyperfine magnetic properties of the amorphous phase prepared by milling were comparable to those found in similar melt-spun alloys. The crystallization temperatures and activation energies, associated with the first and second crystallization stages, were found to be lower for the milled alloy when compared with the corresponding melt-spun alloy, an effect associated with the larger number of defects induced by the mechanosynthesis process.
- OSTI ID:
- 21057472
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 102, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2768009; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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