Abstract
High-temperature in situ 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy was used to investigate the nanocrystallization process in Fe73.5Si 13.5B9Cu1Nb1X2 (X=Zr, Nb, Mo and V) amorphous alloys. The Mössbauer spectra were taken at temperatures where only the amorphous phase is found in a paramagnetic state, allowing an accurate resolution between the amorphous and crystalline phases presented in the annealed ribbons. The Johnson-Mehl-Avrami theory was used to describe the increase of the crystalline fraction (in vol.%) as a function of the annealing time. The volume fraction of the iron-silicate nanocrystalline phase, found in each of the alloys annealed under similar conditions, increases in the sequence Zr<Nb<Mo<V. The value of the Avrami exponent, determined for each alloy, is near 1, indicating a controlled diffusion process with a nucleation rate close to zero. An activation energy of 3eV was found for the studied alloys.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 23-27 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Alloys and Compounds |
| Volume | 379 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
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| State | Published - 6 Oct 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors are indebted to the group of Prof. Dr. A. Conde for sample supplies. This work was partially supported by the CONCYTEC of the Peruvian Government, by CNPq (PCI-program) of the Brazilian Government and by the Latin American Center of Physics. E. Baggio-Saitovitch thanks FAPERJ for the support as Cientista do Nosso Estado.
Keywords
- Amorphous materials
- Clusters
- Magnetically ordered materials
- Mössbauer spectroscopy
- Nanostructures