Nucleation and phase selection in undercooled Fe-Co melt

N. Liu, F. Liu, G. C. Yang, Y. Z. Chen, C. L. Yang, Y. H. Zhou

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Abstract

In order to investigate phase selection between stable and metastable phases upon rapid solidification of Fe70Co30 single-phase alloy, different undercooling experiments were performed. The critical undercooling for forming metastable phase upon spontaneous crystallization was observed as ∼203 K, whereas, it decreased to ∼169 K if artificially triggering was adopted. This can be ascribed to a substantial reduction of the catalytic potency factor f(θ) of bcc phase in the case of triggered nucleation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)L11-L15
JournalJournal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume467
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Jan 2009

Keywords

  • Catalytic potency factor
  • Metastable phase
  • Nucleation
  • Solidification
  • Undercooling

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