A beaker without walls: formation of deeply supercooled binary liquid solutions of alcohols from nanoscale amorphous solid films.

Stabilization of Nanoscale Quasi-Liquid Interfacial Films in Inorganic Materials: A Review and Critical Assessment

Recent observations of three classes of nanometer-thick, disordered, interfacial films in multicomponent inorganic materials are reviewed and critically assessed. The three classes of films are equilibrium-thickness intergranular films (IGFs) in ceramics, their free-surface counterparts, that is, surficial amorphous films (SAFs), and their metallic counterparts. Also briefly reviewed are severa...

Thermodynamics and kinetics of the oxidation of amorphous Al-Zr alloys

During thermal oxidation of binary amorphous AlxZr1-x solid solutions over wide alloycomposition (0.26 ≤ x ≤ 0.68) and oxidation-temperature (350 °C – 560 °C) ranges, a single amorphous ternary oxide phase of well-defined stoichiometry, (Al0.33Zr0.67)O1.83, emerges. The composition of this unexpectedly stoichiometric ternary amorphous oxide phase, that develops instead of the crystalline oxide ...

Supercooled melting in multicomponent Zr–Al–Cu–Ni diffusion couples

Diffusion couples combining a hcp Zr90Al10 supersaturated solid solution with a fcc Cu64Ni36 solid solution were annealed at 410 °C for different times. The reaction at the interface was investigated by transmission electron microscopy and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy. The investigations show the formation of a noncrystalline layer at the interface between the two solid solutions that g...

Effect of Ni on Amorphization of Ti-Cu-Ni Ternary alloys Prepared by Mechanical alloying

Amorphous alloys has been taken into consideration because of their unique properties and are nominated as the future engineering materials. In this research, the effect of Ni and milling time on amorphization process and thermal stability of Ti50Cu50-xNix(x=10, 15, 25 at%) alloy system were investigated. The evolution of amorphization during milling, thermal stability and subsequent heat treat...

Prediction of Liquid-Liquid Equilibria of Binary Systems Containing Alcohols Using EoS-GE Models