Influence of configurational atomic order on the relative stability of bcc and close-packed structures in Cu-based alloys
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- 1 August 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 48 (5), 3540-3543
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.48.3540
Abstract
We present a study of the influence of atomic order on the relative stability of the bcc and the 18R martensitic structures in a crystal. Calorimetric measurements have shown that disorder increases the stability of the 18R phase, contrary to what happens in Cu-Zn-Al alloys for which it is the bcc phase that is stabilized by disordering the system. This different behavior has been explained in terms of a model recently reported. We have also proved that the entropy change at the martensitic transition is independent of the state of atomic order of the crystal, as predicted theoretically. Our results suggest that differences in the vibrational spectrum of the crystal due to different states of atomic order must be equal in the bcc and in the close-packed phases.
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