Published February 16, 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

Evolution of the electrical properties of amorphous Ni24Zr76 and Ni35Ti65 as a result of structural relaxation and crystallization

  • 1. Institut National des Sciences Appliquees (INSA), 69 - Villeurbanne (France)
  • 2. CEA Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Grenoble, 38 (France). Dept. de Recherche Fondamentale

Description

Experimental results are given for the resistivity and the thermopower of two metallic glasses, Ni24Zr76 and Ni35Ti65, together with the temperature dependences of these physical parameters, between 4 K (or 78 K) and crystallization temperature. In the as-quenched state the observed profiles are in qualitative agreement with the Mooij empirical law, but they agree only in part with the Ziman theory. The modifications which occur in response to successive thermal treatments are analyzed in terms of structural relaxation and crystallization processes. As expected the respective evolutions of the two electrical properties studied are found to be very closely related. It is shown that they can adequately be used to monitor the evolution of the volume fraction of crystallinity during the aging of amorphous metallic alloys. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Status Solidi A
Journal Volume
93
Journal Issue
2
Series
Phys. Status Solidi A.
Journal Page Range
703-710
ISSN
0031-8965
CODEN
PSSAB