Journal
ACTA MATERIALIA
Volume 51, Issue 18, Pages 5285-5294Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-6454(03)00380-X
Keywords
pseudomorphic; bcc Zr; multilayers; Nb/Zr; biphase stability diagram
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A change in phase stability from hcp Zr to bcc Zr occurs in Nb/Zr multilayers when the bilayer thickness is reduced to the nanometer scale. This phase stability in these multilayers has been described using a model based on classical thermodynamics. Using a previously reported experimental observation of hcp to bcc transformation in these multilayers, a phase stability diagram (referred to as the biphase diagram) has been proposed. Subsequently, a range of multilayers with varying volume fractions and bilayer thicknesses have been sputter deposited. The crystal structures in these multilayers have been determined using X-ray and electron diffraction. The hcp and bcc Zr phases within the Nb/Zr multilayers are in agreement with the predictions afforded by the proposed biphase diagram. The sequence of the Zr bcc phase stability was accomplished by forming its beta-Zr (high temperature bcc phase) prior to forming a bcc coherent interface with Nb. First approximations of the structural and chemical contributions to the interfacial energy accompanying the changes in hcp to bcc phase stability for Zr have been evaluated. (C) 2003 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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