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An isotropic glass phase in Al-Fe-Si formed by a first order transition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

John W. Cahn  and
Leonid A. Bendersky
John W. Cahn
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
Leonid A. Bendersky
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
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Abstract

We present evidence of the nucleation and growth of a metallic glass phase from the melt, as if by a first-order transition. Microstructures of a number of rapidly solidified Al-Fe-Si alloys demonstrate that this glassy phase, which we term q-glass, is not a kinetically frozen liquid. It is the first phase to form from the melt as isolated nuclei that grow and deplete the melt of iron and silicon. From the nucleation behavior and the compositional partitioning, we infer an interface between the q-glass and the melt, and that, in a narrow composition range, the q-glass has a lower energy and entropy (is more ordered) than a conventional glass.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 806: Symposium MM – Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Metals , 2003 , MM2.7
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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