Materials Transactions, JIM
Online ISSN : 2432-471X
Print ISSN : 0916-1821
ISSN-L : 0916-1821
Effect of Oxygen Impurity on Crystallization of an Undercooled Bulk Glass Forming Zr–Ti–Cu–Ni–Al Alloy
X. H. LinW. L. JohnsonW. K. Rhim
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1997 Volume 38 Issue 5 Pages 473-477

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High vacuum, containerless, electrostatic levitation process has been used to study the undercooling and crystallization kinetics of a bulk glass forming Zr–Ti–Cu–Ni–Al alloy. The oxygen impurity level in the alloy has been found to play a crucial role in the crystallization kinetics of the undercooled melt. Overheating the melt above a critical threshold temperature results in enhancement subsequent undercooling. This crucial threshold temperature is found to be a function of the overall oxygen content of the alloy direct measurement of the time-temperature-transformation (TTT) diagram for crystallization of the undercooled melt made following initial overheating above the threshold temperature show a strong dependence on overall oxygen concentration. An explanation of these observations is proposed.

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