Abstract

The non-isothermal and isothermal crystallization kinetics of Zr72.5Al10Fe17.5 glassy alloy was investigated using differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). Under non-isothermal heating condition, the primary phase in the initial crystallization is Zr6Al2Fe phase and the final crystallized products consist of Zr6Al2Fe, Zr2Fe and a-Zr phases. The apparent activation energy for crystallization estimated using the Kissinger method is 342.1 ± 8.1 kJ/mol. The local activation energy decreased with the increase in the crystallization volume fraction during nonisothermal crystallization. Under isothermal heating condition, the average Avrami exponent of about 2.76 implies a mainly diffusion-controlled three-dimensional growth with an increasing nucleation rate. The local activation energy for isothermal crystallization shows a different variation trend from that for nonisothermal crystallization, indicating different nucleation-and-growth mechanisms for the two crystallizaiton conditions.

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