Extension of the Classical Theory of Crystallization to Non-isothermal Regimes: Application to Nanocrystallization Processes

The non-isothermal kinetics of primary crystallization processes is studied from numerically generated curves and their predictions have been tested in several nanocrystallization processes. Single processes and transformations involving two overlapped processes in a non-isothermal regime have been...

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Autores: Blázquez Gámez, Javier Sebastián, Borrego Moro, Josefa María, Conde Amiano, Clara Francisca, Conde Amiano, Alejandro, Lozano Pérez, S.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/147176
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/147176
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2012.08.002
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Crystallization
Johnson-Mehl-Avrami-Kolmogorov equation
Nanocrystalline microstructure
Phase transformation kinetics
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Sumario:The non-isothermal kinetics of primary crystallization processes is studied from numerically generated curves and their predictions have been tested in several nanocrystallization processes. Single processes and transformations involving two overlapped processes in a non-isothermal regime have been generated and deviations from isokinetic behavior are found when the overlapped processes have different activation energies. In the case of overlapped processes competing for the same type of atoms, the heating rate dependence of the obtained Avrami exponent can supply information on the activation energies of each individual processes. The application to experimental data of nanocrystallization processes is consistent with a limited growth approximation. In the case of preexisting crystallites in the as-cast samples, predictions on the heating rate dependence of the obtained Avrami exponents of multiple processes have been confirmed.