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Crystallization of amorphous Fe90Zr10 under ball milling
Young-Soon Kwon1, Ji-Soon Kim, Jin-Chun Kim
1Research Center for Machine Parts and Materials Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ulsan, Namgu Mugeo 2-Dong, Ulsan 680-749, Korea.
Abstract:
The present study deals with structural transformations induced by high-energy ball-milling of an amorphous Fe90Zr10 alloy prepared by melt-spinning. The amorphous melt-spun ribbons were found to undergo crystallization into BCC alpha-Fe(Zr) nanocrystallites under high-energy ball milling. The decomposition degree of the amorphous phase increased with increasing milling time and intensity. Our results suggest that the observed crystallization is a deformation-induced process rather than a thermally induced one.
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