Instantaneous growth approximation describing the nanocrystallization process of amorphous alloys: A cellular automata model

A cellular automata simulation based on an instantaneous growth approximation is developed to model the nanocrystallization kinetics. In this frame, the time required for a nucleus to grow up to its maximum size is neglected in comparison with the time required for the crystallization process. This...

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Authors: Blázquez Gámez, Javier Sebastián, Franco García, Victorino, Conde Amiano, Clara Francisca, Millán Muñoz, María, Conde Amiano, Alejandro
Format: article
Status:Versión aceptada para publicación
Publication Date:2008
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repository:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/152854
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/152854
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2008.03.038
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Amorphous metals
metallic glasses
Alloys
Crystallization
Crystal growth
Nucleation
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Summary:A cellular automata simulation based on an instantaneous growth approximation is developed to model the nanocrystallization kinetics. In this frame, the time required for a nucleus to grow up to its maximum size is neglected in comparison with the time required for the crystallization process. This approach allows a simple interpretation of the very low values of Avrami exponent found for nanocrystallization processes, 61, in the theoretical frame of Johnson–Mehl–Avrami–Kolmogorov theory. Kinetics and microstructure predictions from the simulations are compared with experimental data for FeCoNbB alloys and a good qualitative agreement is found.