ISSN:
1573-4803
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Abstract In order to gain an understanding of the glass-forming mechanism during the rapid quenching of a metallic alloy, the nucleation and growth process of the crystalline phase which competes with the metallic glass must be investigated. The microstructures of melt-spun Fe80Si8B12 alloy ribbons with different thicknesses were examined using optical and electron microscopy. The phase competing with the metallic glass isα-(Fe, Si) ferrite, nucleated by the homogeneous nucleation. The growth process ofα-(Fe, Si) dendrites was explained well by Liptonet al.'s theory of dendritic growth in an undercooled alloy melt. It was concluded that the easy glass-forming ability during rapid quenching of the Fe80Si8B12 alloy is due to (i) the slow growth rate ofα-(Fe, Si) dendrite, and (ii) the wide gap between the temperatures of the maximum nucleation rate and the maximum growth velocity.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01113876
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