Crystals and nanocrystals in rapidly solidified Al-Sm alloys

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作者
Rizzi, P
Antonione, C
Baricco, M
Battezzati, L
Armelao, L
Tondello, E
Fabrizio, M
Daolio, S
机构
[1] Univ Turin, Dipartimento Chim, IFM, I-10125 Turin, Italy
[2] Politecn Torino, Dipartimento Ingn Chim & Sci Mat, I-10129 Turin, Italy
[3] Univ Padua, Dipartimento Chim Inorgan Met Organ & Analit, I-35131 Padua, Italy
[4] CNR, CSSRCC, I-35131 Padua, Italy
[5] CNR, Ist Polarog & Elettrochim Preparat, I-35127 Padua, Italy
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NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS | 1998年 / 10卷 / 05期
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10.1016/S0965-9773(98)00114-7
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T [工业技术];
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摘要
The formation, size and morphology of crystals in Al(100-x)Sm(x) (8<x<12) alloys either melt spun or crystallized from the glass was analyzed with SEM, AFM, TEM, DSC, XPS, SIMS. AFM and SEM show crytalline fractions even in some ribbons appearing amorphous at XRD. On the surface which was in contact with the wheel, colonies of crystals were found, apparently nucleated on heterogeneities. In Al(92)Sm(8) they were identified as a-Al, in Al(88)Sm(12) and Al(90)Sm(10) as Al(11)Sm(3). On the opposite surface of Al(92)Sm(8) ribbons, AFM reveals crytals of 100-200 nm, regularly distributed, nucleated in the undercooling regime. In glass samples annealed between 423 K and 444 K, TEM shows nanocrystals reaching a density of 10(22) m(-3) in less than a minute with maximum size of 20 nm. The isothermal transformed fraction indicates a two step process of crystallization. The findings are discussed considering nucleation in various temperature ranges. (C) 1998 Acta Metallurgica Inc.
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