Abstract
The validity of the classical additivity rule for the non-isothermal KJMA kinetics is studied. In the case of linear temperature variation, it is demonstrated that, with an exception for the isokinetic range, the kinetics is not additive. Yet, a generalized form of the additivity rule holds true with a weighting function, W, which depends upon actual temperature, heating rate, and time. The exact expression of the weighting function is computed, in closed form, for integer and half-integer Avrami exponents. The behavior of W strongly depends on the ratio between activation energies for nucleation and growth. Its effect on the rate of the transformation, as well as on transformed volume fraction, is investigated in connection with the classical additivity rule. The present results are also discussed in relation to approximate computations previously proposed in the literature.
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In this context we refer to the definition given by Avrami in Ref. [11]. Accordingly, in the isokinetic range the ratio between the rate of linear growth and the probability for nucleation (respectively G and n, at \( \nu = 1 \), in [11]) is independent of temperature. For \( nt < < 1 \) (during the whole transformation) the nucleation rate equals n. If n and G are energy activated, as considered here, \( \tfrac{G}{n} \) is independent of temperature provided the activation energies are equal.
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Appendix 1
By differentiating \( \eta = \frac{{S_{m - 1} }}{{S_{m}^{m/m + 1} }} \), one gets
Use of Eq. 9a in Eq.18 gives (\( m \ne 1 \)),
or
Since \( W = \eta /\eta_{i} = \eta e^{{\frac{{(a - b)}{\tau }}{{(m + 1)}{(1 + \tau) }}}} \), with \( \eta_{i} (T_{0} ,\tau ) = e^{{ - \frac{{(a - b)}{\tau }}{{(m + 1)}{(1 + \tau )}}}} \), the integration of Eq. 19 leads to
Appendix 2
At temperature T, the isothermal kinetics is
The time \( t_{F} (T) \) needed to complete about 95 % of the transformation at T (i.e., \( X(t_{F} ) = 1 - e^{ - 3} \)) is equal to \( t_{F} (T) = \frac{{[3(1 + m)]^{1/(m + 1)} }}{{Ae^{{ - {\left(\frac{ma + b}{m + 1}\right)}\frac{{T_{0} }}{T}}} }} \), from which
In order to estimate A, in Eq. 21 we set \( T = T_{0} \) and \( t_{F} \approx 6000{\text{ s}} \).
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Tomellini, M. Generalized additivity rule for the Kolmogorov–Johnson–Mehl–Avrami kinetics. J Mater Sci 50, 4516–4525 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-015-9001-5
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