Metastable phase formation in eutectic solidification of highly undercooled Fe83B17 alloy melt

Changlin Yang, Gencang Yang, Feng Liu, Yuzeng Chen, N. Liu, D. Chen, Yaohe Zhou

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Abstract

Adopting molten glass denucleating combined with thermal cycling, high undercooling up to 460 K was achieved in the bulk Fe83B17 alloy melts. Results from XRD, SAED and DTA show that, for undercoolings beyond the critical value 386 K, a metastable phase Fe3B remains in the as-solidified structure at room temperature. The effect of undercooling on the observed phenomenon was interpreted in terms of a time-dependent nucleation theory, i.e., the competitive nucleation between the metastable phase, Fe 3B and the stable phase, Fe2B.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)136-141
Number of pages6
JournalPhysica B: Condensed Matter
Volume373
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Mar 2006

Keywords

  • Competitive nucleation
  • Fe-B eutectic alloy
  • Metastable phase
  • Undercooling

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