A Phase-Field Model for Phase Transformations in Glass-Forming Alloys

作者：Wang Tao^*; Napolitano Ralph E

来源：Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, 2012, 43A(8): 2662-2668.

DOI：10.1007/s11661-012-1136-2

A phase-field model is proposed for phase transformations in glass-forming alloys. The glass transition is introduced as a structural relaxation, and the competition between the glass and crystalline phases is investigated. The simulations are performed for Cu-Zr alloys, employing thermodynamic and kinetic parameters derived from reported thermodynamic modeling and molecular dynamics simulation results,[1-3] respectively. Four distinct phase fields are treated with a multi-phase-field approach, representing the liquid/glass, Cu10Zr7, CuZr, and CuZr2 phases. In addition, a continuum-field method is applied to the liquid to accommodate the liquid-glass transformation. The combined phase-field approach is used to investigate the glass formation tendency, and critical cooling rates are estimated and compared with the reported experimental values.

• 出版日期2012-8