The Kinetics of Nucleation During Cellular Decomposition of Solid Solutions in Copper—Titanium Alloys

T. S. Gatsenko

G.V. Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics, NAS of Ukraine, 36 Academician Vernadsky Blvd., UA-03680 Kyiv-142, Ukraine

Received: 08.04.2014. Download: PDF

Kinetics of cells’ nucleation at cellular decomposition of solid solutions in copper alloys with 3.68—6.00 at.% of titanium is investigated within the temperature range of 848—973 К. Values of cells number per unit volume, $N$, at various times of ageing are obtained, using numerical statistical metallography. Among main parameters of kinetics of cells’ nucleation, namely, a number of probable potential places of cells’ nucleation per time unit, $\bar{N}$, frequency of acts of cells’ formation per time unit, $v_{S}$, and period of instability of this process are determined. The cells’ formation rates, $\dot{N}$, at various ageing temperatures are determined, and their temperature dependences are plotted. These dependences demonstrate nonstationary nature of this value.

Key words: nucleation, cells’ formation rate, cellular decomposition, period of instability, annealing.

URL: http://mfint.imp.kiev.ua/en/abstract/v36/i05/0705.html

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/mfint.36.05.0705

PACS: 81.30.Mh, 83.10.Tv, 87.15.Vv, 87.17.-d, 87.17.Ee

Citation: T. S. Gatsenko, The Kinetics of Nucleation During Cellular Decomposition of Solid Solutions in Copper—Titanium Alloys, Metallofiz. Noveishie Tekhnol., 36, No. 5: 705—711 (2014) (in Ukrainian)


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