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Atomic Structural Competition in the Al85.5Ni9.5La5 Alloy During Liquid-to-Solid Transition

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The atomic structural evolution of the molten Al85.5Ni9.5La5 alloy is investigated during cooling using an in situ high-energy X-ray diffraction method following indirect analysis by a reverse Monte Carlo simulation and Voronoi tessellation. The competition between crystal-like and non-crystal-like clusters is insignificant above liquidus. However, below liquidus, a sudden increase in the crystal-like clusters was found at slow cooling rates while at high cooling rates all clusters were frozen into a glassy state directly.

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This work is supported by The National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFA0403802) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51474148, 51727802, U1660203, 51604173). The support of the synchrotron high-energy X-ray diffraction by the BL13W1 of the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF), China, is gratefully acknowledged.

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    W. Yao, M. Xia, L. Zeng, X. Ge, W. Lu & J. Li

  2. School of Engineering, Centre for Additive Manufacturing, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia

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  3. BCAST, Brunel University London, London, UB8 3PH, UK

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  4. Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility/Zhangjiang Lab, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, CAS, Shanghai, 201204, China

    Y. Fu, H. Xie & T. Xiao

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Yao, W., Xia, M., Zeng, L. et al. Atomic Structural Competition in the Al85.5Ni9.5La5 Alloy During Liquid-to-Solid Transition. Metall Mater Trans A 50, 3441–3445 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-019-05279-w

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