Structural changes in liquid Fe and Fe-B alloy on cooling

Dmitri V. Louzguine-Luzgin, Konstantinos Georgarakis, Andrey Tsarkov, Alexey Solonin, Veijo Honkimaki, Louis Hennet, Alain R. Yavari

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Abstract

The existence of liquid-liquid phase transitions has been suggested for liquid Fe and some of its alloys. In order to shed light on this phenomenon in-situ cooling of the Fe80B20 and Fe melts was performed under a synchrotron beam radiation. It allowed for the continuous acquisition of X-ray diffraction spectra in the supercooled liquid region below the liquidus temperature. The procedure allowed monitoring of the structural changes in the supercooled liquid state using real-space atomic pair PDF(R) and radial RDF(R) distribution functions. The results are discussed in comparison with those of molecular dynamics simulation for liquid Fe.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)233-238
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Molecular Liquids
Volume209
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Keywords

  • Atomic structure
  • Metallic liquids
  • Synchrotron radiation X-ray diffractometry
  • Undercooling

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Spectroscopy
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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