Melting and refreezing of zirconium observed using ultrafast x-ray diffraction
Abstract
Ultrafast (130-fs) x-ray diffraction at the Linac Coherent Light Source has been applied to observe shock melting, which is driven by a rapid (120-ps) laser pulse impinging on a thin (few micrometers) bilayer of aluminum/zirconium. At a pressure of 100 GPa in the aluminum (130 GPa in the zirconium), there is rapid melting of both metals and the recrystallization of zirconium into the bcc β phase. We observe the solidification of the melt starting a few hundred picoseconds following the shock melting, out to 50 ns when the zirconium is fully crystallized into the bcc β phase at a residual temperature of approximately 2000 K. The pressure is obtained directly from the early time x-ray data, whereas the additional information from the x-ray line width and intensity at longer times inform a model of crystal nucleation and growth.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1601695
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1601944
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-780078
Journal ID: ISSN 2643-1564; PPRHAI; 013192
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344; FG02-94ER14466; AC02-76SF00515; AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Research
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review Research Journal Volume: 2 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2643-1564
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Dynamical phase transitions; Microstructure; Phase diagrams; Shock waves
Citation Formats
Radousky, Harry B., Armstrong, Michael R., Austin, Ryan A., Stavrou, Elissaios, Brown, Shaughnessy, Chernov, Alexander A., Gleason, Arianna E., Granados, Eduardo, Grivickas, Paulius, Holtgrewe, Nicholas, Lee, Hae Ja, Lobanov, Sergey S., Nagler, Bob, Nam, Inhyuk, Prakapenka, Vitali, Prescher, Clemens, Walter, Peter, Goncharov, Alexander F., and Belof, Jonathan L. Melting and refreezing of zirconium observed using ultrafast x-ray diffraction. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013192.
Radousky, Harry B., Armstrong, Michael R., Austin, Ryan A., Stavrou, Elissaios, Brown, Shaughnessy, Chernov, Alexander A., Gleason, Arianna E., Granados, Eduardo, Grivickas, Paulius, Holtgrewe, Nicholas, Lee, Hae Ja, Lobanov, Sergey S., Nagler, Bob, Nam, Inhyuk, Prakapenka, Vitali, Prescher, Clemens, Walter, Peter, Goncharov, Alexander F., & Belof, Jonathan L. Melting and refreezing of zirconium observed using ultrafast x-ray diffraction. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013192
Radousky, Harry B., Armstrong, Michael R., Austin, Ryan A., Stavrou, Elissaios, Brown, Shaughnessy, Chernov, Alexander A., Gleason, Arianna E., Granados, Eduardo, Grivickas, Paulius, Holtgrewe, Nicholas, Lee, Hae Ja, Lobanov, Sergey S., Nagler, Bob, Nam, Inhyuk, Prakapenka, Vitali, Prescher, Clemens, Walter, Peter, Goncharov, Alexander F., and Belof, Jonathan L. Mon .
"Melting and refreezing of zirconium observed using ultrafast x-ray diffraction". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013192.
@article{osti_1601695,
title = {Melting and refreezing of zirconium observed using ultrafast x-ray diffraction},
author = {Radousky, Harry B. and Armstrong, Michael R. and Austin, Ryan A. and Stavrou, Elissaios and Brown, Shaughnessy and Chernov, Alexander A. and Gleason, Arianna E. and Granados, Eduardo and Grivickas, Paulius and Holtgrewe, Nicholas and Lee, Hae Ja and Lobanov, Sergey S. and Nagler, Bob and Nam, Inhyuk and Prakapenka, Vitali and Prescher, Clemens and Walter, Peter and Goncharov, Alexander F. and Belof, Jonathan L.},
abstractNote = {Ultrafast (130-fs) x-ray diffraction at the Linac Coherent Light Source has been applied to observe shock melting, which is driven by a rapid (120-ps) laser pulse impinging on a thin (few micrometers) bilayer of aluminum/zirconium. At a pressure of 100 GPa in the aluminum (130 GPa in the zirconium), there is rapid melting of both metals and the recrystallization of zirconium into the bcc β phase. We observe the solidification of the melt starting a few hundred picoseconds following the shock melting, out to 50 ns when the zirconium is fully crystallized into the bcc β phase at a residual temperature of approximately 2000 K. The pressure is obtained directly from the early time x-ray data, whereas the additional information from the x-ray line width and intensity at longer times inform a model of crystal nucleation and growth.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013192},
journal = {Physical Review Research},
number = 1,
volume = 2,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Mon Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}
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