Published October 11, 1993 | Version v1
Journal article

Ar+-ion-irradiation-induced phase transformation in an Al62Cu25.5Fe12.5 icosahedral quasicrystal

  • 1. Beijing Univ. of Science and Technology (China)
  • 2. Academia Sinica, Beijing, B.J. (China). Lab. of Electron Microscopy
  • 3. China Centre of Advanced Science and Technology (World Lab.), Beijing (China)
  • 4. Wuhan Univ. (China). Dept. of Physics
  • 5. Academia Sinica, B.J. (China). Lab. of Electron Microscopy

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In this paper, the 120 keV Ar+-ion-irradiation-induced phase transformation from the Al62Cu25.5Fe12.5 icosahedral quasicrystal to B2(CsCl)-based phases has been studied by means of transmission electron microscopy. The dose dependence of the Ar+ ion irradiation effect and the subsequent in-situ heating and cooling behaviours after irradiation have been investigated. The experimental results show that the Ar+-irradiation-enhanced diffusion can accelerate the transformation from the icosahedral quasicrystal to a B2-type or B2-based phase at room temperature and that this B2 or B2-based phase transforms reversely to the icosahedral quasicrystal when the Ar+ dose is equal to or lower than 1014 Ar+ cm-2 and the temperature is increased to about 1000 K. (author)

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Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
5
Journal Issue
41
Journal Page Range
p. 7569-7576.
ISSN
0953-8984
CODEN
JCOMEL