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Model for melting enthalpy of Sn in Ge–Sn composites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

D. Turnbull
Affiliation:
Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
J. S. C. Jang
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
C. C. Koch
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
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Abstract

The finding of Jang and Koch that the melting enthalpy/mass, ΔHm, of a Sn matrix containing a fine dispersion of Ge particles sharply decreases with increasing Ge volume fraction, νGe, >0.5 and vanishes at νGe = ν°Ge ≍ 0.81, is accounted for by supposing that the Sn is distributed between an interfacial and bulk state. The interfacial statc is one in which the Sn is assumed to be in a disordered, possibly amorphous, structure coating the Ge particles uniformly to a constant thickness, δ. The remaining “bulk” Sn is assumed to exhibit the normal enthalpy of fusion, ΔH°m. The model accounts for the dependence of ΔHm on νGe within the experimental uncertainty. With the average width of Ge particles −10 nm, δ is estimated to be −0.23 nm; i.e., of the order of the thickness of one Sn monolayer.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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