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Primary precipitation of icosahedral quasicrystal with rearrangement of constitutional elements in Zr65Al7.5Cu27.5 glassy alloy with low oxygen impurity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

Junji Saida ,
Hidemi Kato  and
Akihisa Inoue
Junji Saida*
Affiliation:
Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
Hidemi Kato
Affiliation:
Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
Akihisa Inoue
Affiliation:
Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: jsaida@cir.tohoku.ac.jp
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Abstract

The primary transformation reaction of the Zr65Al7.5Cu27.5 ternary glassy alloy with a low oxygen impurity of approximately 100 mass ppm was investigated. We have discovered the precipitation of the metastable icosahedral phase with a fine grain size of 50–100 nm in diameter accompanying with the formation of stable Zr2Cu phase at the annealing temperatures ranging from 715 to 730 K. The lattice spacing of Zr2Cu phase decreases at higher temperatures, which is attributed to the rearrangement of Zr and Cu in the decomposition of the icosahedral phase. It is suggested that the formation of the icosahedral phase in the primary stage originates from the existence of the quenched-in icosahedral local atomic configuration in the glassy state.

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Metallic glassPhase transformationQuasicrystal
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , February 2005 , pp. 303 - 306
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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