Athermal character of structural phase transitions

The significance of thermal fluctuations in nucleation in structural first-order phase transitions has been examined. The prototypical case of martensitic transitions has been experimentally investigated by means of acoustic emission techniques. We propose a model based on the mean first-passage tim...

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Autores: Pérez Reche, Francisco José, Vives i Santa-Eulàlia, Eduard, Mañosa, Lluís, Planes Vila, Antoni
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/12803
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/12803
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Equacions d'estat
Ciència dels materials
Transformacions de fase (Física estadística)
Equations of state
Materials science
Phase transformations (Statistical physics)
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Sumario:The significance of thermal fluctuations in nucleation in structural first-order phase transitions has been examined. The prototypical case of martensitic transitions has been experimentally investigated by means of acoustic emission techniques. We propose a model based on the mean first-passage time to account for the experimental observations. Our study provides a unified framework to establish the conditions for isothermal and athermal transitions to be observed.