Temperature dependence of the. omega. -bcc phase transition in zirconium metal

Journal Article · Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1991 · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.44.10374· OSTI ID:6004686

Xia, H; Ruoff, A L; Vohra, Y K ^[1]

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1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (USA)

High-pressure, high-temperature energy-dispersive x-ray diffraction studies were carried out on the group-IV transition-metal zirconium (Zr) to 36 GPa using a synchrotron-radiation source to investigate the entropy contribution in the {omega}- to-bcc phase transition. A room-temperature equilibrium transformation pressure of 35{plus minus}3 GPa between the {omega} and bcc phases of Zr metal was observed. A negative slope of 39{plus minus}5 K/GPa along the {omega}-bcc phase boundary observed in this experiment gives experimental evidence indicating thermal contribution to the structural sequences in transition metals and shows that the {omega} phase of Zr metal (a phase of group-IV transition metals) has lower entropy than its pressure-induced bcc phase (isostructural with group-V transition metals). Extrapolation of the present data indicates that the previous observation of a phase transition in shock-wave experiments at 26 GPa and 540 K is due to this {omega}-to-bcc phase transition.

• DOE Contract Number: FG02-87ER45320
• OSTI ID: 6004686
• Journal Information: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (United States), Vol. 44:18; ISSN 0163-1829
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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