Direct Comparison of Surface Crystal Growth Kinetics in Chalcogenide Glass Measured by Microscopy and DSC

Surface crystallization in fine powder Se70Te30 chalcogenide glass was studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and optical microscopy. A complex kinetic analysis of these experimental data reveals that the contracting sphere mechanism (R3 model) is the rate determining step of crystal gro...

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Autores: Shánělová, Jana, Honcová, Pavla, Málek, Jiří, Perejón Pazo, Antonio, Pérez Maqueda, Luis A.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/157271
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/157271
https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.19204
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Chalcogenide glass
Contracting sphere model
Crystal growth
DSC
Kinetics
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Sumario:Surface crystallization in fine powder Se70Te30 chalcogenide glass was studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and optical microscopy. A complex kinetic analysis of these experimental data reveals that the contracting sphere mechanism (R3 model) is the rate determining step of crystal growth, and the conventional Johnson–Mehl–Avrami–Kolmogorov model cannot be used in this case. Moreover, it is clearly shown that the particle size distribution should be considered in crystallization studies. Actually, when the particle size effect is taken into account, the simulated DSC curves for the R3 model agree very well with the experimental data over the entire temperature range. The crystallization kinetics determined from the nonisothermal DSC data are consistent with previously reported isothermal crystallization data for the same powder fraction. The crystal growth rate calculated from isothermal and nonisothermal DSC data agrees very well with the microscopically measured surface and bulk crystal growth rate.