The uncertainties inherent to experimental differential scanning calorimetric data are evaluated. A new procedure is developed to perform the kinetic analysis of continuous heating calorimetric data when the heat capacity of the sample changes during the crystallization. The accuracy of isothermal calorimetric data is analyzed in terms of the peak-to-peak noise of the calorimetric signal and base line drift typical of differential scanning calorimetry equipment. Their influence in the evaluation of the kinetic parameter is discussed. An empirical construction of the time-temperature and temperature-heating rate transformation diagrams, grounded on the kinetic parameters, is presented. The method is applied to the kinetic study of the primary crystallization of Te in an amorphous alloy of nominal composition Ga 20 Te 80 , obtained by rapid solidification.
The purpose of this work is to study the change in the structure of the Ge-Se
network upon doping with Ag. The total structure factor S(Q) for two samples
has been measured by neutron diffraction using the two-axis diffractometer
dedicated to structural studies of amorphous materials, D4, at the Institut
Laue Langevin. We have derived the corresponding radial distribution functions
for each sample and each temperature, which gives us an insight about the
composition and temperature dependence of the correlation distances and
coordination numbers in the short-range. Our results are compatible with the
presence of both GeSe4/2 tetrahedra and Se-Se bonds. The Ag atoms are linked to
Se in a triangular environment. Numerical simulations allowing the
identification of the main peaks in the total pair correlation functions have
complemented the neutron diffraction measurements.Comment: 5 pages. Proceedings International Workshop Non-crystalline Solids,
Gijon (Spain
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