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Non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of As30Te60Ga10 glass

Research Authors
Mansour Mohamed, Alaa M. Abd-Elnaiem,R. M. Hassan, M. A. Abdel-Rahim, M. M. Hafiz
Research Abstract

The crystallization study under non-isothermal conditions of As30Te60Ga10 glass was investigated. The studied composition was synthesized by melt-quenching technique and characterized by different techniques such as X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The XRD analysis revealed that the as-prepared and annealed bulk glass of As30Te60Ga10 exhibit the amorphous, and polycrystalline nature, respectively. The DSC results showed that the heating rate affects the characteristic temperatures, for instance, the glass transition, onset, and peak crystallization temperatures. Furthermore, some thermal analysis methods such as the Kissinger and Matusita et al., approximations were employed to determine the crystallization parameters: for example Avrami exponent and the activation energies for glass transition and crystallization process. In addition, we have compared the experimental DSC data with the calculated ones based on the Johanson-Mehl-Avrami (JMA) and Sestak-Berggren SB(M,N) models. The results indicated that the SB(M,N) model is more suitable for describing the non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of the investigated composition.

Research Department
Research Journal
Applied Physics A
Research Member
Research Publisher
Springer Nature
Research Rank
1
Research Vol
123
Research Website
http://rdcu.be/t5pn
Research Year
2017
Research Pages
DOI 10.1007/s00339-017-1111-2