Thermodynamics and kinetics of the undercooled liquid and the glass transition of the Zr{sub 41.2}Ti{sub 13.8}Cu{sub 12.5}Ni{sub 10.0}Be{sub 22.5} alloy
- W. M. Keck Laboratory of Engineering Materials, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125 (United States)
Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used to determine the thermodynamic functions of the undercooled liquid and the amorphous phase with respect to the crystalline state of the Zr{sub 41.2}Ti{sub 13.8}Cu{sub 12.5}Ni{sub 10.0}Be{sub 22.5 }bulk metallic glass forming alloy. The specific heat capacities of this alloy in the undercooled liquid, the amorphous state and the crystal were determined. The differences in enthalpy, {Delta}{ital H}, entropy, {Delta}{ital S}, and Gibbs free energy, {Delta}{ital G}, between crystal and the undercooled liquid were calculated using the measured specific heat capacity data as well as the heat of fusion. The results indicate that the Gibbs free energy difference between metastable undercooled liquid and crystalline solid, {Delta}{ital G}, stays small compared to conventional metallic glass forming alloys even for large undercoolings. Furthermore, the Kauzmann temperature, {ital T}{sub {ital K}}, where the entropy of the undercooled liquid equals to that of the crystal, was determined to be 560 K. The Kauzmann temperature is compared with the experimentally observed rate-dependent glass transition temperature, {ital T}{sub {ital g}}. Both onset and end temperatures of the glass transition depend linearly on the logarithm of the heating rate based on the DSC experiments. Those characteristic temperatures for the kinetically observed glass transition become equal close to the Kauzmann temperature in this alloy, which suggests an underlying thermodynamic glass transition as a lower bound for the kinetically observed freezing process.
- Research Organization:
- California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG03-86ER45242
- OSTI ID:
- 29257
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 77, Issue 8; Other Information: PBD: 15 Apr 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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