Rapid Chemical Ordering in Supercooled Liquid Cu46Zr54
Abstract
Evidence for abrupt chemical ordering in a supercooled Cu46Zr54 liquid, obtained from high energy x-ray diffraction in a containerless processing environment, is presented. Relatively sudden changes were observed in the topological and chemical short-range order near 850oC, a temperature significantly below the liquidus and above the glass transition temperatures. A peak in the specific heat was observed with supercooling, with an onset near 850oC, the same temperature as the onset of chemical ordering, and a maximum near 700oC, consistent with the prediction of a molecular dynamics calculation using embedded atom potentials. The dominant short-range order below 850oC is incompatible with that of the primary crystallizing phases. This, and the possible development of strongly bonded, chemically ordered clustersmay explain unlikely bulk metallic glass formation in Cu-Zr and other binary alloys.
- Authors:
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- ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Washington University, St. Louis
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL
- Ames Laboratory
- Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University
- ORNL
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1009480
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 83; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 1098-0121
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; ALLOYS; ATOMS; FORECASTING; GLASS; PROCESSING; SPECIFIC HEAT; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Citation Formats
Wessels, Victor, Gangopadhyay, Anup, Sahu, K. K., Hyers, R. W., Canepari, S. M., Rogers, J. R., Kramer, Matthew J., Goldman, A. I., Robinson, D., Lee, Jae W., Morris, James R., and Kelton, K. F. Rapid Chemical Ordering in Supercooled Liquid Cu46Zr54. United States: N. p., 2011.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.83.094116.
Wessels, Victor, Gangopadhyay, Anup, Sahu, K. K., Hyers, R. W., Canepari, S. M., Rogers, J. R., Kramer, Matthew J., Goldman, A. I., Robinson, D., Lee, Jae W., Morris, James R., & Kelton, K. F. Rapid Chemical Ordering in Supercooled Liquid Cu46Zr54. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.83.094116
Wessels, Victor, Gangopadhyay, Anup, Sahu, K. K., Hyers, R. W., Canepari, S. M., Rogers, J. R., Kramer, Matthew J., Goldman, A. I., Robinson, D., Lee, Jae W., Morris, James R., and Kelton, K. F. 2011.
"Rapid Chemical Ordering in Supercooled Liquid Cu46Zr54". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.83.094116.
@article{osti_1009480,
title = {Rapid Chemical Ordering in Supercooled Liquid Cu46Zr54},
author = {Wessels, Victor and Gangopadhyay, Anup and Sahu, K. K. and Hyers, R. W. and Canepari, S. M. and Rogers, J. R. and Kramer, Matthew J. and Goldman, A. I. and Robinson, D. and Lee, Jae W. and Morris, James R. and Kelton, K. F.},
abstractNote = {Evidence for abrupt chemical ordering in a supercooled Cu46Zr54 liquid, obtained from high energy x-ray diffraction in a containerless processing environment, is presented. Relatively sudden changes were observed in the topological and chemical short-range order near 850oC, a temperature significantly below the liquidus and above the glass transition temperatures. A peak in the specific heat was observed with supercooling, with an onset near 850oC, the same temperature as the onset of chemical ordering, and a maximum near 700oC, consistent with the prediction of a molecular dynamics calculation using embedded atom potentials. The dominant short-range order below 850oC is incompatible with that of the primary crystallizing phases. This, and the possible development of strongly bonded, chemically ordered clustersmay explain unlikely bulk metallic glass formation in Cu-Zr and other binary alloys.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.83.094116},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1009480},
journal = {Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics},
issn = {1098-0121},
number = 9,
volume = 83,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2011},
month = {Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2011}
}
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