Crystallization kinetics of amorphous Ga–Sb–Te chalcogenide films: Part I. Nonisothermal studies by differential scanning calorimetry

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 2929-2937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chain-Ming Lee ◽  
Yeong-Iuan Lin ◽  
Tsung-Shune Chin

Nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of amorphous chalcogenide Ga–Sb–Te films with compositions along the pseudo-binary tie-lines connecting Sb7Te3−GaSb and Sb2Te3–GaSb of the ternary phase diagram were investigated by means of differential scanning calorimetry. Powder samples were prepared firstly by film deposition using a co-sputtering method; the films were then stripped from the substrate. The activation energy (Ea) and rate factor (Ko) were evaluated from the heating rate dependency of the crystallization temperature using the Kissinger method. The kinetic exponent (n) was deduced from the exothermic peak integrals using the Ozawa method. The crystallization temperature (Tx = 181 to 327 °C) and activation energy (Ea= 2.8 to 6.5 eV) increased monotonically with increasing GaSb content and reached a maximum value in compositions located at the vicinity of GaSb. The kinetic exponent is temperature dependent and shows higher values in the SbTe-rich compositions. Promising media compositions worthy of further studies were identified through the determined kinetics parameters.

2012 ◽  
Vol 706-709 ◽  
pp. 1311-1317 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.A. Hasheminezhad ◽  
M. Haddad-Sabzevar ◽  
S. Sahebian

Non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of Co67Fe4Cr7Si8B14amorphous ribbons was studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) technique under 10, 20, 30, 40 and 80 °Cmin-1heating rates. It is found that Co67Fe4Cr7Si8B14amorphous alloy exhibits two-stage crystallization on heating. The two crystallization peaks shift to higher temperatures with increasing heating rate. The apparent activation energies (EC) for the first stage of crystallization were determined as 443.44 and 434.47 kJmol-1by using the Kissinger and Ozawa equations, respectively. Frequency factor (A) estimated to be 1.084×1026s-1using Kissinger equation. Kinetics parameters such as Crystallization exponent (n) and dimensionality of growth (Ndim) were determined using JMA (Johnson-Mehl-Avrami) method. Details of the nucleation and growth behaviours during the non-isothermal crystallization were studied in terms of local activation energy EC(x) by the OFW (Ozawa, Flynn and Wall) method. Also the activation energy for nucleation (En) and growth (Eg) separately estimated.


2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Defeng Wu ◽  
Chixing Zhou ◽  
Xie Fan ◽  
Dalian Mao ◽  
Zhang Bian

The melt intercalation method was employed to prepare poly(butylene terepathalate)/montmorillonite nanocomposites, and their microstructure was characterized by wide angle X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. The XRD results showed that the crystalline plane such as (010), (111), (100) was smaller than that of pristine PBT, which indicates that the crystallite size of PBT in the nanocomposites could be diminished by adding clay. Moreover, the isothermal crystallization kinetics of PBT and PBT/MMT nanocomposites was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). During isothermal crystallization, the development of crystallinity with time was analysed by the Avrami equation. The results show that very small amounts of clay dramatically increased the rate of crystallization and high clay concentrations reduced the rate of crystallization at the low crystallization temperatures. At low concentrations of clay, the distance between dispersed platelets was large so it was relatively easy for the additional nucleation sites to incorporate surrounding polymer, and the crystal nucleus was formatted easily. However, at high concentrations of clay, the diffusion of polymer chains to the growing crystallites was hindered by large clay particles, despite the formation of additional nucleation sites by the clay layers. At the higher crystallization temperature, the crystallization of the nanocomposites was slower than that of the pure PBT under the experimental conditions, which means that with the increase in chains mobility at the high crystallization temperature, the crystal nuclei are harder to format, and the hindering effect of clay particles on the polymer chains was stronger than the nucleating effect of the layers. In addition, the activation energies of crystallization for PBT and its nanocomposites were calculated by the Arrhenius relationship, and the results showed that the nanocomposites with a low clay content had the lower activation energy values than PBT, while high amounts of clay increased the activation energy of PBT.


2014 ◽  
Vol 988 ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
Jia Le Song ◽  
Chan Chan Li ◽  
Zhi Mi Zhou ◽  
Chao Qiang Ye ◽  
Wei Guang Li

Curing kinetics of MEP-15/593 system and MEP-15/593/660 system is studied by means of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Curing kinetic parameters are evaluated and the relationship between diluent 660 and the curing properties is investigated. The results show that the diluent 660 can not only reduce viscosity and activation energy, but also improve the degree of cure and conversion ratio.


2014 ◽  
Vol 605 ◽  
pp. 35-38
Author(s):  
Eirini Varouti

The aim of the present work was the preparation and characterization of FeSiB amorphous magnetic ribbons with the following chemical composition: Fe80SixB20-x, x=5,6,8 and Fe75Si15B10. Differential Scanning Calorimetry was employed in order to study the thermal stability and structural changes during the transformations that took place. Much emphasis is placed on the analysis of the crystallization kinetics.


2016 ◽  
Vol 881 ◽  
pp. 83-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Bianchini Nuernberg ◽  
Oscar Rubem Klegues Montedo

This work aims to investigate the crystallization kinetics of β-spodumene/cordierite glass-ceramics. Thus, three glasses with compositions based predominantly on cordierite (C), β-spodumene (L) and in a molar ratio 1:1 of both phases (CL) were prepared. The kinetics parameters such as activation energy for crystallization (ranging from 160 to 358 kJ/mol) and Avrami exponent (ranging from 1.4 to 10.7) were determined by means of non-isothermal methods using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Additionally, the samples were crystalized according to DSC analyses and characterized by using x-ray diffraction (XRD). The main detected crystalline phases were β-spodumene to the glass L, cordierite to the glass C and β-quartz, mulite and spinel to the glass CL. Considering the thermal and electrical properties of these crystalline phases, these glass-ceramics have potential use for LTCC (Low Thermal Co-fired Ceramics) applications.


2014 ◽  
Vol 508 ◽  
pp. 110-113
Author(s):  
Rong Hua Zhang ◽  
Biao Wu ◽  
Xiao Ping Zheng

The temperature and duration of β1→α+β2 transformation of Ti-6Al-4V alloy in cooling process were measured by differential scanning calorimetry, and transformation activation energy and Avrami exponent of β1→α+β2 were also calculated. The results show that the cooling rate is in the range of 在5~20°C/min, the transformation temperature and the transformation duration β1→α+β2 transformation of Ti-6Al-4V alloy decreased with the increasing cooling rate, its transformation activation energy decreased with the increasing phase transformation volume fraction, and Avrami exponent was between 1 and 2 at 660°C.


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