Phase Transformation of Zr65Cu27.5Al7.5 Metallic Glass
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- Published by Japan Institute of Metals in Materials Transactions, JIM
- Vol. 40 (10), 1117-1122
- https://doi.org/10.2320/matertrans1989.40.1117
Abstract
The phase transformation by crystallization of a Zr65Cu27.5Al7.5 metallic glass was examined as a function of annealing temperature, Ta. The crystallization temperature decreases gradually by annealing at the temperature over 20 K than glass transition temperature, Tg. At the initial stage of crystallization, Zr(Al, Cu) phase is observed in addition to a main phase of Zr2Cu. Thus, the Zr65Cu27.5Al7.5 metallic glass crystallizes through a eutectoid-like reaction of the two phases. The Zr(Al, Cu) phase is a metastable phase and disappears in the higher Ta range. The formation of metastable Zr(Al, Cu) may be attributed to the difficulty of diffusion of Al into Zr2Cu and the strong chemical affinity between Al and Zr. The strong chemical affinity between Al and Zr seems to contribute to the retardation of nucleation and grain growth of the crystalline phases. The lattice spacing of Zr2Cu increases with deconvolution of metastable Zr(Al, Cu) and hence Al atom is thought to be substituted with Cu atom in Zr2Cu. The grain size of Zr2Cu increases significantly accompanied by the disappearance of metastable Zr(Al, Cu). After the completion of crystallization, a part of supersaturated Al precipitates as the Zr2Al phase from the Zr2(Cu, Al) phase at annealing temperatures above approximately 860 K, accompanying a reduction of lattice spacing and a significant grain growth of Zr2Cu. Thus, Al affects significantly the structure change through the crystallization. It is therefore concluded that the necessity of long-range redistribution of Al during the crystallization process plays a dominant role in the stabilization of supercooled liquid and the degradation of grain growth reaction.Keywords
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