TY - JOUR
T1 - Double-stage glass transition in a metallic glass
AU - Louzguine-Luzgin, Dmitri V.
AU - Seki, Ichiro
AU - Yamamoto, Tokujiro
AU - Kawaji, Hitoshi
AU - Suryanarayana, C.
AU - Inoue, Akihisa
PY - 2010/4/23
Y1 - 2010/4/23
N2 - Glass-transition region is still a somewhat "dark area" in the field of materials science. In order to shed more light on this phenomenon, the glass-transition behavior was studied in a Zr55 Cu30 Al10 Ni5 glassy alloy by monitoring its specific-heat capacity measured using a differential scanning calorimeter during heating in a step-scan mode. This reduces the influence of kinetic effects which shield the transition. It is suggested that two types of relaxation (likely related to the diffusivities of different alloying elements Cu and Ni on the one hand as well as Zr and Al on the other hand) take place and compete in the glass-transition region.
AB - Glass-transition region is still a somewhat "dark area" in the field of materials science. In order to shed more light on this phenomenon, the glass-transition behavior was studied in a Zr55 Cu30 Al10 Ni5 glassy alloy by monitoring its specific-heat capacity measured using a differential scanning calorimeter during heating in a step-scan mode. This reduces the influence of kinetic effects which shield the transition. It is suggested that two types of relaxation (likely related to the diffusivities of different alloying elements Cu and Ni on the one hand as well as Zr and Al on the other hand) take place and compete in the glass-transition region.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.144202
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.144202
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77955220796
SN - 1098-0121
VL - 81
JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
IS - 14
M1 - 144202
ER -