Abstract
Precipitation of metastable and stable phases from Al-rich supersaturated solid solutions very often proceeds according to a nucleation and growth process. For its kinetic description, the classical Johnson-Mehl-Avrami-Kolmogorov (JMAK) equation is available [see 1].
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Christian, J.W. (1975) The Theory of Transformations in Metals and Alloys, Part I, Pergamon Press, Oxford.
Sessa, V., Fanfoni, M. and Tomellini, M. (1996) Phys. Rev. B 54, 836–841.
Ge Yu (1997) Phil. Mag. Lett. 75, 43–48.
Woldt, E. (1992)Phys. Chem. Solids 53, 521–527.
Krüger, P. (1993) Phys Chem. Solids, 54, 1549–1555.
Starink, M.J. and Zahra, A.-M. (1997) Thermochim. Acta. 292, 159–168.
Kissinger, H.E. (1957) Anal. Chem. 29, 1702–1707.
Starink, M.J. (1997)1 Mater. Sci. 32, 4061–4070.
Cumbrera, F.L. and Sanchez-Bajo, F. (1995) Thermochim. Acta 266, 315–330.
Sun, N.X., Liu, X.D. and Lu, K. (1996) Scripta Mater. 34, 1201–1207.
Austin, J.B. and Rickett, R.L. (1939) Trans. Am. Inst. Min. Met. Engrs. 135, 396.
Hillert, M. (1959) Acta Metall. Mater. 7, 653–658.
Lee, E.-S. and Kim, Y.G. (1990) Acta Metall. Mater. 38, 1669–1676.
Starink, M.J. and Zahra, A.-M. (1997) Determination of the transformation exponent s from experiments at constant heating rate, Thermochim. Acta (in press).
Starink, M.J. and Zahra, A.-M., Analysis of precipitation in Al-based alloys using a novel method for nucleation and growth reactions, J Therm. Anal. (in press).
Starink, M.J. and Zahra, A.-M. (1997) Kinetics of isothermal and non-isothermal precipitation in an Al-6 at % Si alloy, Phil. Mag. B (in press).
Starink, M.J. and Zahra, A.-M. (1997) Precipitation in a high silicon Al-Si alloy studied by isothermal calorimetry, Mater. Sci. Eng. Lett. A (in press).
Starink, M.J. and Zahra, A.-M. The kinetics of isothermal 13’ precipitation in Al-Mg alloys, submitted to I Mater. Sci.
Starink, M.J. and Zahra, A.-M. (1997) Mechamisms of combined GP-zone and 0’ precipitation in an Al-Cu alloy, J. Mater. Sci. Lett. (in press).
Zahra, A.-M., Zahra, C.Y. and Ciach, R. (1983)1 Therm. Anal. 26, 303–307.
Starink, M.J. and Zahra, A.-M. (1997) ß’ and ß precipitation in an Al-Mg alloy studied by DSC and TEM, Acta Mater. (in press).
Criado, J.M. and Ortega, A. (1987) Acta Metall. 35, 1715–1721.
Michaelson, C. and Dahms, M. (1996) Thermochim. Acta 288, 9–27.
Wagner R. and Kampmann R. (1991) in R. W. Cahn, P. Haasen and E.J. Kramer (eds.), Materials Science and Technology, vol.5: Phase Transformations in Materials, VCH, Weinheim, pp. 213–303.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1998 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Zahra, AM., Starink, M.J. (1998). Modelling of Nucleation and Growth Processes in Aluminium Alloys. In: Ciach, R. (eds) Advanced Light Alloys and Composites. NATO ASI Series, vol 59. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9068-6_3
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9068-6_3
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-90-481-5087-8
Online ISBN: 978-94-015-9068-6
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive