Synergistic stabilization of metastable Fe{sub 23}B{sub 6} and γ-Fe in undercooled Fe{sub 83}B{sub 17}
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 (United States)
Previous investigations of undercooled liquid Fe{sub 83}B{sub 17} near the eutectic composition have found that metastable crystalline phases, such as Fe{sub 23}B{sub 6}, can be formed and persist down to ambient temperature even for rather modest cooling rates. Using time-resolved high-energy x-ray diffraction on electrostatically levitated samples of Fe{sub 83}B{sub 17}, we demonstrate that the Fe{sub 23}B{sub 6} metastable phase and fcc γ-Fe grow coherently from the undercooled Fe{sub 83}B{sub 17} liquid and effectively suppress the formation of the equilibrium Fe{sub 2}B + bcc α-Fe phases. The stabilization of γ-Fe offers another opportunity for experimental investigations of magnetism in metastable fcc iron.
- OSTI ID:
- 22483066
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 106, Issue 24; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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