Early stages of spinodal decomposition in an aluminum-zinc alloy
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1967
Department
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Abstract
A small-angle X-ray scattering study has been made of isothermal decomposition in an Al-Zn alloy containing 22 at.% Zn. The changes in the X-ray spectra in the early stages of the decomposition at 65°C were in accord with the theory of spinodal decomposition proposed by J.W. Cahn. [Acta Met. 9, 795 (1961).] The diffusion coefficient derived from the kinetics agreed with an extrapolation of high-temperature data and the measured value of the gradient-energy coefficient was (16 ± 3) × 10-6 erg cm-1.
Publication Title
Acta Metallurgica
Recommended Citation
Rundman, K.,
&
Hilliard, J.
(1967).
Early stages of spinodal decomposition in an aluminum-zinc alloy.
Acta Metallurgica,
15(6), 1025-1033.
http://doi.org/10.1016/0001-6160(67)90266-0
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