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Differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) is used to investigate apparent activation energy of glass transition and crystallization of Zr-based bulk amorphous alloys by Kissinger equation under non-isothermal condition. It is shown that the glass transition behavior as well as crystallization reaction depends on the heating rate and has a characteristic of kinetic effects. After being isothermally annealed near glass transition temperature, the apparent activation energy of glass transition increases and the apparent activation energy of crystallization reaction decreases. However, the kinetic effects are independent of the pre-annealing.
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Zhuang, Y., Zhao, D., Zhang, Y. et al. Kinetics of glass transition and crystallization in multicomponent bulk amorphous alloys. Sci. China Ser. A-Math. 43, 1195–1201 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02872198
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