Depth profile of the crystallization of Fe80B20 metallic glass

The influence of swift heavy ion irradiation on the recrystallization of amorphous Fe80B20

“…Previous works have noted that X-ray diffraction is unable to reveal the initial low density of Fe a and Fe 3 B clusters in the samples prior annealing but there is experimental evidence of their presence [6,11]. Nevertheless, their diffraction peaks are revealed as the crystals grow and their density increases due to the annealing [11,12]. A depth profile study of the recrystallization of Fe 80 B 20 metallic glass performed with transmission electron microscopy [12] supports this assumption, where similar differences in the recrystallization of the two sides of a Fe 80 B 20 ribbon produced with a single spinning cooling roll were observed and attributed to different quenching rates.…”

“…5b) and 390°C (not shown here). Once the recrystallization process was complete, Fe a and Fe 3 B are observed as the two equilibrium phases [11,12], with no apparent differences in the WAXS spectra of the irradiated and unirradiated samples, as shown in Fig. 5c).…”