The Journal of
the Korean Journal of Metals and Materials

The Journal of
the Korean Journal of Metals and Materials

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  • eISSN : 2288-8241

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Title A Study of Glass Forming Ranges and Crystallization Reactions of Co - Evaporated Tb - Fe and Gd - Fe Alloy Films
Authors 이성래(Seong Rae Lee); 김종한(Jong Han Kim)
Page pp.714-720
ISSN 0253-3847
Abstract Structures, crystallization reactions and kinetics of co-evaporated Tb-Fe and Gd-Fe alloy films were studied by transmission electron microscopy and differential thermal analysis. Amorphous films were formed for the Tb-Fe alloy with 24 to 55 at5 Tb. Alloy films with up to 24 at% Tb were composed of α-Fe microcrystals dispersed in an amorphous matrix. Alloy films with more than 55 at%Tb content some α-Tb crystals. The phenomena of preferential crystallization of α-Fe and α-RE microcrystals were interpreted using a hypothetical metastable eutectic system with of α-Fe and α-RE phases. The activation energies for the crystallization of the Tb-Fe and the Gd-Fe alloy films were the largest at near the composition of the Laves phase, TbFe₂ or GdFe₂.