Transitory Metastable Phases in Refractory Metals-Based Systems Solidified by Drop-Tube Processing: A First-Principles Approach
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AbstractThe solidification path of highly undercooled refractory metals and their alloys solidified in a ultra high vacuum drop-tube is shown to involve transitory metastable phases. First-principles calculations of structural stability are used to determine the possibility of obtaining metastable phases in these systems, with a view to relate this metastability with the site occupation in the σ phase in the case of the ReTa system.