Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7899917 | Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids | 2018 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
A Ni60Nb40 alloy was vitrified from fcc Ni and bcc Nb by cold rolling and by rapid solidification of an alloy ingot. The Ni60Nb40 that was vitrified by rolling has a lower crystallization onset temperature with single crystallization reaction compared to the two-stage crystallization at higher temperature for quenched Ni60Nb40. Fluctuation electron microscopy and hybrid reverse Monte Carlo modeling show that the as-rolled Ni60Nb40 contains fewer icosahedral-like Voronoi clusters and more crystal-like and bcc-like Voronoi clusters, which are inherited from the bcc Nb. The crystal-like and bcc-like medium range order clusters may be the structural origin for lower crystallization temperature in the as-rolled glass. It is demonstrated that hybrid reverse Monte Carlo simulations incorporating fluctuation microscopy and an empirical interatomic potential are insensitive to the starting structure.
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Authors
Pei Zhang, Zhe Wang, John H. Perepezko, Paul M. Voyles,