Early stages of decomposition of alloys (spinodal or nucleation) |
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| Authors: | Kazuhiro Hono Ken-Ichi Hirano |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Materials Science , Tohoku University , Sendai, Japan;2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Pennsylvania State University , University Park, PA, 16802, U.S.A.;3. Department of Materials Science , Tohoku University , Sendai, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Progress in theory and experiment on the early stage of decomposition of alloys is reviewed. In the first half of this paper, theoretical treatments on decomposition of alloys by spinodal and nucleation mechanism and also continuum theories and the discrete lattice theories are comparatively reviewed. In the latter half of this paper, experimental results on Al-Zn, Ni-Al, Cu-Co and Al-Ag alloys are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | decomposition alloy spinodal decomposition nucleation |
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