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Formation of Metastable Structures and Amorphous Phases in cu-w Alloys Using the Triode Sputtering Technique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

H. F. Rizzo ,
L. E. Tanner ,
M. A. Wall ,
T. B. Massalski  and
E. D. McClanahan
H. F. Rizzo
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550
L. E. Tanner
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550
M. A. Wall
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550
T. B. Massalski
Affiliation:
Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
E. D. McClanahan
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
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Abstract

The triode sputtering technique and a “split-target” arrangement were used to produce metastable crystalline and amorphous phases in the Cu-W system under essentially oxygen-free conditions. Large metastable extensions of solid solubility were observed both from the Cu (fcc) and W (bcc) sides of the phase diagram, and a wide range of metallic glass formation was observed, approximately between 30 and 65 at.% W. The thickness of the amorphous Cu-W phase (40–160 pm) that can be deposited without the formation of the metastable bcc phase appears to be dependent on the Cu-W alloy composition. On heating, the crystallization temperature of the amorphous alloys was higher than 350°C. The behavior of the lattice parameter and near-neighbor distance has been studied with x-ray diffraction, showing small positive deviations from an assumed Vegard's Law. Hardness measurements indicate that the metastable crystalline phases are relatively harder than the amorphous phase.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 100: Symposium – A Fundamentals of Beam-Solid Interactions and Transient Thermal Processing , 1988 , 81
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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