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Formation of bcc nanocrystals in Co-based amorphous alloys

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JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS
Volume 565, Issue -, Pages -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2021.120864

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Amorphous structure; Nanocrystals; Crystallization; Diffraction; Electron microscopy

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  1. RFBR [190200406]

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The influence of various alloying elements on the crystallization process and phases of Co-Fe-B amorphous alloys was studied, showing that higher concentrations lead to smaller nanocrystal sizes. The transition of elements from a bcc lattice to an hcp lattice results in multiphase crystallization.
The crystallization of amorphous alloys of Co-Fe-B-(Ti, Nb) system was studied by differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy. It was determined that the alloying of amorphous alloys of Co-Fe-B system with elements having a bcc lattice promotes the formation of a metastable phase with this lattice during crystallization. Nanocrystal size and the fraction of the phase with a bcc lattice depend on the concentration of alloying components. When the concentration of bcc components increases, nanocrystal size decreases. When Nb (an element with a bcc lattice) is replaced by Ti (an element with an hcp lattice), the fraction of the bcc phase decreases, and multiphase crystallization (simultaneous formation of several crystalline phases) occurs. In Co56Fe16B20Ti8 alloy, the first crystallization stage consists of two steps. During the seemingly simultaneous formation of several crystalline phases, first a small quantity of the bcc phase and then Co23B6 and fcc-Co crystals are formed sequentially. All the results obtained indicate heterogeneous nanocrystal formation with the nucleation on structurally related ordered regions (on ordered clusters which consist of alloy components with the structure related to the crystallizing phase).

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