Rev.Adv.Mater.Sci. (RAMS)
No 7, Vol. 18, 2008, pages 593-596

NANOCRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS IN AMORPHOUS ALLOYS DURING
SEVERE PLASTIC DEFORMATION AND THERMAL TREATMENTS

Zs. Kovács, P. Henits, S. Hóbor and Á. Révész

Abstract

Nanocrystallization behaviour during severe plastic deformation and linear heating thermal treatment has been compared for Al88Ce8Ni5Co2 and Cu60Zr20Ti20 metallic glasses. A short explanation is presented for the preferred formation of phases with small unit cell and small configurational entropy during severe plastic deformation.

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