Nanoparticles Size in Fe<sub>73.5</sub>Cu<sub>1</sub>Mo<sub>3</sub>Si<sub>13.5</sub>B<sub>9</sub> Melt

Abstract

The size of the nanoparticles participating in the viscous flow and the diffusion coefficient were calculated using statistical mechanical theory of absolute reaction rates and the Arrhenius equation. As experimental data, temperature dependence of the kinematic viscosity and density of Fe73.5Cu1Mo3Si13.5B9 melt was used. At a temperature of 1600 K, after the melt is overheated above the critical temperature Tk = 1770 K, the nanoparticles size decreases from 0.92 to 0.47 nm, and the diffusion coefficient increases from 2.4·10-10 to 4.5·10-10 m2·s-1.