The mechanism of eutectic growth in highly anisotropic materials

Ashwin J. Shahani; Xianghui Xiao; Peter W. Voorhees

doi:10.1038/ncomms12953

Nature Communications (Sep 2016)

The mechanism of eutectic growth in highly anisotropic materials

Ashwin J. Shahani,
Xianghui Xiao,
Peter W. Voorhees

Affiliations

Ashwin J. Shahani: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University
Xianghui Xiao: X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
Peter W. Voorhees: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12953
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The origins of non-periodic growth features observed in irregular eutectics have been a source of controversy. Here authors use time-resolved X-ray microtomography during eutectic growth of an alloy to show how competing models can be extended and reconciled.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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