Effect of quenching wheel speed on the structure, magnetic properties and magnetoimpedance effect in Co64Fe4Ni2B19−xSi8Cr3Alx (x=0, 1 and 2) melt-spun ribbons

Melt-spun ribbons of Co₆₄Fe₄Ni₂B_19−xSi₈Cr₃Al_x (x=0, 1 and 2) alloy at wheel speed of 25 m/s and Co₆₄Fe₄Ni₂B_19−xSi₈Cr₃Al₁ alloy at different wheel speeds (25, 30, 35 and 40 m/s) have been prepared and investigated for structural and magnetic properties and magnetoimpedance effect. Based on the results obtained, it was shown that replacement of B by Al can improve the magnetoimpedance ratio (MIR) and the highest value of MIR (191%) was observed for the sample with X_Al=1 at wheel speed of 25 m/s. Further, it was seen that the higher quenching wheel speed gives rise to a higher coercivity and lower magnetic permeability/MIR value.     

基于成分连续变化计算黏度的合金系临界冷速模型

在大块非晶临界冷却速率的非等温转变计算模型基础上提出了基于成分连续变化计算黏度的合金系临界冷速模型. 依据此模型对Zr-Ni-Al-Cu四元合金的临界冷却速率进行了计算并预测了Zr_66.67(Ni_{xAlyCuz)33.33合金系中容易形成非晶的成分范围. 计算值与实验值符合得较好. 计算结果表明，此合金系具有很强的非晶形成能力，特别是在靠近共晶点的中心区域，临界冷却速率小于100 K/s，为容易形成非晶的成分范围. 冷却过程中，在高于1000K温度区间，没有发生明显的结晶现象，而在980 K至870 K温度范围内，结晶分数快速增大，低于870 K时不再发生明显改变. 此外，分析了合金系中Al，Cu，Ni原子摩尔分数的变化对临界冷速的影响. 关键词： 大块非晶 黏度 临界冷却速率 非晶形成能力}     

退火态Zr55Al10Ni5Cu30块体非晶合金在轧制过程中的自由体积演化

将Zr₅₅Al₁₀Ni₅Cu₃₀块体非晶合金在715 K等温退火30 min, 引入少量纳米晶, 然后于室温以不同的应变速率进行轧制, 用差示扫描量热仪考察不同应变量样品的热稳定性和自由体积演化. 结果表明:即使轧制到95%的最大应变量, 样品的热稳定性也几乎没有发生改变. 在各种应变速率下, 随着应变量的增加, 自由体积含量持续上升. 但随着应变速率的增加, 相同应变量下自由体积的含量先上升后降低, 该规律与单一非晶态结构合金在塑性变形过程中自由体积的变化情况截然不同.     

注入Mo 在Zr57Nb5Cu15.4Ni12.6Al10非晶合金中的扩散

通过二次离子质谱仪（SIMS）研究了Mo在Zr₅₇Nb₅Cu_15.4Ni_12.6Al₁₀非晶合金中的扩散，并计算出其扩散激活能Q和前置系数D₀分别为1.95 eV和1.13×10^-5m²s^-1.根据Stokes-Einstern关系式研究了玻璃转变温度以下593—673 K之间Zr₅₇Nb 关键词： 扩散 离子注入 二次离子质谱（SIMS） 黏滞特性     

Effects of nickel on the crystallization of Zr70Cu20Ni10 amorphous alloy

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and x-ray diffraction (XRD) are employed to investigate the effects of nickel on the crystallization of the amorphous Zr₇₀Cu₂₀Ni₁₀ alloy. We have found that the crystallization process of the amorphous Zr₇₀Cu₂₀Ni₁₀ alloy is strongly influenced by the addition of nickel. Addition of 10 at% Ni to the Zr₇₀Cu₃₀ amorphous alloy makes the crystallization process proceed from a single-stage mode to a double-stage mode. The activation energy for crystallization of the amorphous Zr₇₀Cu₂₀Ni₁₀ alloy is calculated to be about 388kJ·mol^-1 on the basis of the Kissinger equation. The effects of nickel on the crystallization of the amorphous Zr₇₀Cu₂₀Ni₁₀ alloy are discussed in terms of the genetics of metals.     

Thermal diffusivities and molar volumes of ternary Al20 AsxTe80−x alloy glasses: evidence of self-organization

Thermal diffusivities (α) and molar volumes (V_m) of bulk Al₂₀As_xTe_80−x alloy glasses in the composition range 0≤x≤35 are examined. The results reveal a broad maximum in alpha and a broad minimum in V_m in the 15<x<25 range. Earlier temperature modulated differential scanning calorimetric measurements on these glasses have revealed the non-reversing heat flow to show a global minimum (reversibility window) in the same composition range. Taken together these results suggest that present glasses in the 15<x<25 range are self-organized. The thermal diffusivity maximum observed near x=20 is consistent with a minimal scattering of thermal waves in the homogeneous and stress-free glass composition residing in the center of the self-organized phase.     

压力对Zr46.75Ti8.25Cu7.5Ni10Be27.5大块非晶合金玻璃转变和晶化动力学的影响

利用X射线衍射和差示扫描量热分析研究了高温高压下Zr_46.75Ti_8.25Cu_7.5Ni₁₀Be_27.5大块非晶合金的玻璃转变和晶化行为，结果发现压力降低了该大块非晶合金中的自由体积、热焓和晶化激活能. 关键词： 大块非晶合金 高压 差示扫描量热分析 玻璃转变     

Thermal stability and chemical bonding states of AlOxNy/Si gate stacks revealed by synchrotron radiation photoemission spectroscopy

Annealing-temperature dependence of the thermal stability and chemical bonding states of AlO_xN_y/SiO₂/Si gate stacks grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) using new chemistry was investigated by synchrotron radiation photoemission spectroscopy (SRPES). Results have confirmed the formation of the AlN and AlNO compounds in the as-deposited samples. Annealing the AlO_xN_y samples in N₂ ambient in 600-800 °C promotes the formation of SiO₂ component. Meanwhile, there is no formation of Al-O-Si and Al-Si binding states, suggesting no interdiffusion of Al with the Si substrate. A thermally induced reaction between Si and AlO_xN_y to form volatile SiO and Al₂O is suggested to be responsible for the full disappearance of the Al component that accompanies annealing at annealing temperature of 1000 °C. The released N due to the breakage of the Al-N bonding will react with the SiO₂ interfacial layer and lead to the formation of the Si₃-N-O/Si₂-N-O components at the top of Si substrate. These results indicate high temperature processing induced evolution of the interfacial chemistry and application range of AlO_xN_y/Si gate stacks in future CMOS devices.     

Ab initio calculation of Ni50−xFexTi50

The structure, lattice dynamics and electronic band structure of Ni_43.75Fe_6.25Ti₅₀ were obtained using ab initio calculations. The phonon dispersion relations and phonon density of states were calculated using the direct method. The stability of Ni_50−xFe_xTi₅₀ structure for x=0.0, 6.25, 12.5, 25 has been investigated and shown that the orthorhombic structure is the most stable phase for x=25.     

Microstructure and thermoelectric properties of Zn1−xAlxO ceramics fabricated by spark plasma sintering

Al-doped ZnO powders were synthesized via solid reaction between Zn(OH)₂ and Al(OH)₃ and consolidated by spark plasma sintering (SPS) to fabricate fine-grained Zn_1−xAl_xO ceramics as a thermoelectric material. X-ray diffraction and spectrophotometer experiments revealed that Al doping into ZnO is enhanced by the present process, and consequently the SPS-processed Zn_1−xAl_xO samples show significantly improved electrical conductivity as compared with those prepared via mixing ZnO and Al₂O₃ oxide powders. Because of the combined effect of Al doping and grain refinement, the present Zn_1−xAl_xO ceramics show much lower thermal conductivity, which also results in an enhanced dimensionless figure of merit (ZT), than un-doped ZnO oxides prepared also by SPS.     

Structural features of liquid metallic glass former

The structural parameters of Au₇₅Si₂₅ alloy, pure Au, Al₈₈Si₁₂, Cu₈₇Sn₁₃, In₉₈Al₂ and Al₉₃Ni₇ alloys have been measured by X-ray diffractometer. It is found that there are subpeaks in the pair correlation functions in liquid Au₇₅Si₂₅ alloy. The addition of Si in liquid Au results in a decrease in both the correlation radius and the coordination number of the nearest atomic neighbors. The Au₇₅Si₂₅ alloy nearest atomic distance has a more stable dependence on temperature compared to In₉₈Al₂, Al₉₃Ni₇ and Cu₈₇Sn₁₃ alloys. The atomic density change of liquid Au₇₅Si₂₅ alloy is less dependent on temperature than the liquid Au and Al₈₈Si₁₂ alloy. The liquid metallic good glass former Au₇₅Si₂₅ alloy possesses a more stable liquid structure than that of poor glass formers, indicating the essential of the fragility of the superheated melts.     

Zr65Cu17.5Ni10Al7.5合金定向凝固组织特征及其与重力场取向的关系

研究了Zr₆₅Cu_17.5Ni₁₀Al_7.5合金定向凝固过程中组织形态的演变特征，探索了不同的凝固方向与重力场方向间的相互取向关系对凝固组织形态的影响.存在着一个临界抽拉速度V_fc,当抽拉速度大于该临界值时组织方向性变差.该合金本身的物理性质决定了它具有一个较小的临界值(V_fc=5mm/min).不同的凝固方向与重力场的相对取向关系改变了液-固界面前沿的浮力对流状态.当凝固方 关键词：     

1at％ Ag替代Zr57Cu20Al10Ni8Ti5金属玻璃中各组元对玻璃形成能力及热稳定性的作用分析

以1at％ Ag元素分别等量替代Zr57Cu20Al10Ni8Ti5金属玻璃的各个组元,利用差示扫描量热升温分析获得不同试样的热力学参数,并结合不同尺寸(Φ8,Φ10,Φ12)吸铸试样的X-射线衍射分析结果,考察、验证元素替代后合金的实际玻璃形成能力及热稳定性的变化规律.经比较发现,Ag替代Ti元素,其玻璃形成能力显著提高(直径实际增大4 mm),同时热稳定性也明显改善,且临界冷却速率也明显降低,而Ag替代其他组元却无明显规律.针对玻璃形成能力的相关数据比较分析表明,本文结果未显示符合其Inoue的尺寸准则,混合焓判据也未显示出明显符合的现象.通过对堆垛密度的计算发现,1 at％ Ag替代Ti元素后使金属玻璃体系内部的堆垛密度增加.通过动力学分析,从晶化激活能、晶化反应速率常数两方面探讨了元素替代对玻璃形成能力和热稳定性的作用机理.     

Low temperature specific heat and thermal conductivity of bulk metallic glass (Cu50Zr50)94Al6

The low temperature specific heat and thermal conductivity of (Cu₅₀Zr₅₀)₉₄Al₆ bulk metallic glass have been studied experimentally. A low temperature anomaly in the specific heat is observed in this alloy. It is also found that in addition to Debye oscillators, the localized vibration modes whose vibration density of state has a Gaussian distribution should be considered to explain the low temperature phonon specific heat anomaly. The phonon thermal conductivity dependence on temperature for the sample does not show apparent plateau characteristics as other glass materials do; however, the influence of the resonant scattering from the localized modes on the lattice thermal conductivity is prominent in the bulk metallic glass at low temperatures.     

A comparative study of the structure and crystallization of bulk metallic amorphous rod Pr60Ni30Al10 and melt-spun metallic amorphous ribbon Al87Ni10Pr3

Pr-based bulk metallic amorphous （BMA） rods （Pr60Ni30Al10） and Al-based amorphous ribbons （Al87Ni10Pr3） have been prepared by using copper mould casting and single roller melt-spun techniques, respectively. Thermal parameters deduced from differential scanning calorimeter （DSC） indicate that the glass-forming ability （GFA） of Pr60Ni30Al10 BMA rod is far higher than that of Al87Ni10Pr3 ribbon. A comparative study about the differences in structure between the two kinds of glass-forming alloys, superheated viscosity and crystallization are also made. Compared with the amorphous alloy Al87Ni10Pr3, the BMA alloy Pr60Ni30Al10 shows high thermal stability and large viscosity, small diffusivity at the same superheated temperatures. The results of x-Ray diffraction （XRD） and transmission electron microscope （TEM） show the pronounced difference in structure between the two amorphous alloys. Together with crystallization results, the main structure compositions of the amorphous samples are confirmed. It seems that the higher the GFA, the more topological type clusters in the Pr-Ni-Al amorphous alloys, the GFAs of the present glass-forming alloys are closely related to their structures.     

Lattice dynamics and debye temperature of AlCu,AlSi and AlGe alloy systems

The lattice dynamics and specific heat at constant volume for AlCu alloy system is studied using our previous treatment based on the microscopic electronic theory. Considering the volume and electron density effect on the dynamical matrix of the pure constituent, we obtain the band and local mode frequencies at the temperature-dependent specific heat in the Al_1−x Cu_x solid solution. Then, using the data about the mean elastic wave and the specific heat extrapolated to the absolute zero temperature, the Debye temperature is presented for the Al_1−xCu_x, Al_1−xSi_x and Al_1−xGe_x alloy systems. The Debye temperature decreases as a function of the Cu atomic fraction x for Al_1−xCu_x alloy, and remarkably for Al_1−xSi_x and Al_1−xGe_x solid solutions.     

Nanocrystalline FeAl intermetallics obtained in mechanically alloyed Fe50Al40Ni10 powder

B2-Fe₄₇Al₅₃ intermetallics has been produced by mechanical alloying in a planetary ball mill, using elemental Fe, Al and Ni powder mixture. The microstructural and magnetic properties of the mechanically alloyed Fe₅₀Al₄₀Ni₁₀ powdered samples were investigated by X-ray diffraction and ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectrometry at 300 and 77 K. As resulted from the X-ray diffraction studies, the ordered B2 structure was formed in the Fe₅₀Al₄₀Ni₁₀ powder, together with the bcc α_i-Fe(Al, Ni) (i = 1, 2) solid solutions. Further milling led to a partial disordering of B2-Fe₄₇Al₅₃; it has undergone an order–disorder transition which is characterized by an expansion of the volume Δa₀ (lattice disorder) and a magnetic transition from the paramagnetic to ferromagnetic state which is characterized by strong ferromagnetic interactions in the alloy. The nanocrystalline bcc α_i-Fe(Al, Ni) solid solution was ferromagnetic with a mean crystallite size of 6 nm.     

Thermal characterization of Se85−xSb15Snx (10≤x≤13) chalcogenide glasses

Results of crystallization kinetics, viscosity, specific heat, thermal stability, and glass forming ability of Se_85−xSb₁₅Sn_x (x=10, 11, 12.5, and 13) chalcogenide glasses, using differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), under non-isothermal condition have been reported and discussed. The variation of the peak temperature of crystallization T_p with the heating rate β has been used to investigate the growth kinetics using Kissinger, Takhor, and Augis-Bennet models. The activation energy of crystallization E_c has been found to increase with Sn content and the crystal growth occurs in one dimension. The increasing trend of E_c is interpreted in terms of enhancement of the degree of cross-linking due to the formation of SnSe_4/2 structural units of energies higher than that of Se-Se and Se-Sb bond energies. The viscosity η against 1/T curves has also been drawn and indicated that the atoms of ternary Se-Sb-Sn glasses required more energy, with the addition of Sn, to complete the transformation from amorphous to crystalline state. The demand for thermal stability has been ensured through the calculations of the enthalpy released ΔH_c during the crystallization process and S-parameter, while the obtained values of the reduced glass transition temperature T_rg and Hurby number H_R have been used to estimate the glass forming ability (GFA). Results reveal that, both thermal stability and GFA enhanced with increasing Sn content and the studied samples were prepared from strong glass-forming liquids. The obtained values for the specific heat difference ΔC_p, between the equilibrium liquid and the glass, have been found to decrease with increasing Sn content and are in support of the results of thermal stability and GFA.     

Study of the [(Co45Fe45Zr10)x(Al2O3)100−x/a-Si:H]m multilayer nanostructure by polarized neutron reflectometry

Polarized neutron reflectometry was used to investigate the amorphous multilayer nanostructures [(Co₄₅Fe₄₅Zr₁₀)_x(Al₂O₃)_100−x/a-Si:H]_m, whose magnetic properties are dependent on the concentration of the magnetic constituent (x=34, 47 and 60 at%) as well as on the thicknesses of the metal-dielectric (Co₄₅Fe₄₅Zr₁₀)_x(Al₂O₃)_100−x and semiconductor a-Si:H layers. The average magnetization of the individual magnetic layer is found to be inhomogeneous with the magnetically active central part and two magnetically dead parts at the interfaces.     

Investigation of short‐range structural order in Zr69.5Cu12Ni11Al7.5 and Zr41.5Ti41.5Ni17 glasses,using X‐ray absorption spectroscopy and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations

Short‐range order has been investigated in Zr_69.5Cu₁₂Ni₁₁Al_7.5 and Zr_41.5Ti_41.5Ni₁₇ metallic glasses using X‐ray absorption spectroscopy and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. While both of these alloys are good glass formers, there is a difference in their glass‐forming abilities (Zr_41.5Ti_41.5Ni₁₇ > Zr_69.5Cu₁₂Ni₁₁Al_7.5). This difference is explained by inciting the relative importance of strong chemical order, icosahedral content, cluster symmetry and configuration diversity.