Journal of Materials Research and Technology (Mar 2022)
Comparative study of thermal stability and crystallization kinetics between melt-spun and bulk Pd77.5Cu6Si16.5 metallic glasses
Abstract
A comparative study on the thermal stability and kinetics of crystallization of both melt–spun and bulk Pd77.5Cu6Si16.5 metallic glasses was performed. Rapidly quenched Pd77.5Cu6Si16.5 ribbon and as–cast bulk metallic glass (BMG) sample were produced by melt spinning and copper mold casting, respectively. Phase identification and transformation were studied by X–ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electronic microscopy (TEM), and differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) measurements. In non-isothermal conditions, the activation energies were calculated by Moynihan and Kissinger methods, respectively. The nucleation and growth during the crystallization were investigated in the frame work of the local activation energy and the local Avrami exponent. The local activation energy was calculated by Kissinger–Akahira–Sunose, Flynn–Wall–Ozawa and Vyazovkin methods. The local Avrami exponent was calculated. The experimental results indicated that the characteristic temperatures depend on the heating rate. The obtained activation energies indicated that the Pd77.5Cu6Si16.5 amorphous alloys exhibit excellent thermal stability. The thermal stability of Pd77.5Cu6Si16.5 BMG is better than that of ribbon. The local activation energy Ea increases to a maximum and then decreases. It is indicated by local Avrami exponent that the crystallization processes of both Pd77.5Cu6Si16.5 amorphous ribbon and BMG are controlled by volume nucleation with three-dimensional growth with various nucleation rates. The crystallization process of Pd77.5Cu6Si16.5 amorphous ribbon is close to that of BMG. The isothermal crystallization kinetics of Pd77.5Cu6Si16.5 amorphous ribbon is investigated and compared with the results of non-isothermal crystallization kinetics.