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Thermal stability, crystallization kinetics, and grain growth in an amorphous Al85Ce5Ni8Co2 alloy

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Thermal stability and crystallization kinetics of the melt-quenched amorphous Al85Ce5Ni8Co2 alloy were investigated by x-ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The glass transition was followed by a supercooled liquid region (21 °C) and then by a two-step crystallization process. The final microstructure contained Al3Ce, α–Al, Al3Ni, and Al9Co2 phases. Isothermal annealing of the as-quenched samples in the range of 275–285 °C showed that both crystallization reactions occurred through a nucleation and growth process. Continuous heating DSC measurements following pre-anneals for different times were also carried out to study the crystallization kinetics and the stability of the material. The Avrami analysis of the isothermal DSC-curves revealed that the 3-dimensional nucleation and growth process became more dominant with increasing annealing temperature. The average specific grain boundary energy corresponded to high-angle grain boundaries and indicated independent nucleation events.

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  1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Universitat Autònoma Barcelona, Edifici Cc, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain

    Á. Révész, S. Suriñach & M. D. Baró

  2. Department of General Physics, Eötvös University, Budapest, H-1518, P.O.B. 32, Hungary

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  3. Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, H-1525, P.O.B. 49, Hungary

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Révész, Á., Varga, L.K., Suriñach, S. et al. Thermal stability, crystallization kinetics, and grain growth in an amorphous Al85Ce5Ni8Co2 alloy. Journal of Materials Research 17, 2140–2146 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.2002.0315

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