一种新的快速凝固方法快速卸压淬火

对于固化温度随压力升高而降低的熔体，在适当的初始温度和压力下快速卸压，将使熔体快速固化.给出了通过快速卸压而获得相应过冷速率的计算公式，并用Al-Ge系统对这种新的快速凝固方法进行了评估.实验结果表明用此种方法能获得大于10⁵K·s^-1的过冷速率，因而有利于制备大块亚稳材料甚至非晶.同时，通过快速卸压而实现快速凝固的原理，可用于解释物质在冲击压作用下的非晶化及亚稳相形成. 关键词：

A NEW METHOD FOR RAPID SOLIDIFICATION QUENCHING BY RAPID DECOMPRESSION

A rapid drop of pressure applied to a melt whose crystallization point is a decreasing function of the pressure may,if the temperature,the initial pressure and the final pressure are appropriately chosen,be equivalent to a rapid thermal quenching.In particular,it may lead to the formation of metastable crystalline or glassy-phase bulk materials.The method might be useful to simulate adiabatic decompressions subsequent to shocks,such as meteorite impacts.The relation between the corresponding cooling rate(V_c) obtained by rapid decompression and the rate of pressure release(V_p) is first given by V_c=KV_p,where K is the drop rate of melting point with pressure.This method is evaluated by using Al-Ge system.Our experimental results indicate that quenching with rapid decompression is an effective method for generating corresponding high cooling rate of more than 10⁵K·s^-1.