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Phys. Rev. B 55, 5542–5545 (1997)

Mechanical alloying of immiscible elements: Ag-Fe contrasted with Cu-Fe

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E. Ma, J.-H. He, and P. J. Schilling
Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD) and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803

Extended x-ray-absorption fine-structure analysis demonstrates that the Cu-Fe and Ag-Fe systems, both immiscible in equilibrium, exhibit contrasting alloying behavior when subjected to mechanical milling. While Cu-Fe undergoes atomic-level alloying forming solid solutions, Ag-Fe remains largely unreacted. The alloying behavior observed is explained based on a model for a dynamic system, combining both the effects of externally driven mixing and thermal evolution under the thermodynamic driving force prevailing in a ball-milled mixture.

© 1997 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.55.5542
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.55.5542
PACS:
64.60.My, 64.70.Kb, 64.75.+g, 61.10.Lx