Features of structural changes in the amorphous alloy Al85Ni5Fe7La3 under xenon ion irradiation
N. D. Bakhteeva, A. N. Nechaev, V. K. Semina, O. V. Rybalchenko, E. V. Todorova,
N. N. Presnyakova, T. R. Chueva, P. P. Umnov, N. V. Gamurar
The structure and thermal stability of the amorphous alloy Al85Ni5Fe7La3 in the initial rapidly quenched state and after xenon ion irradiation with 167 MeV energy of in the range of fluence values 1012 – 2·1014 ions/cm2 were studied. Based on the modeling of defect formation profiles, the heterogeneity of the defect distribution over the thickness of the irradiated sample was found. The xenon ions mean free path has been determined, which determines the zone of maximum accumulation of radiation defects. It is in this zone that nanocrystallization with the primary release of the metastable intermetallic Al8(Fe,Ni)2La was detected by electron microscopy methods. A comparative analysis of the alloy structure after quenching, irradiation and annealing was carried out using complex structural research methods. It is shown that irradiation leads to a decrease in the degree of short-range order in an amorphous matrix and increases the thermal stability of an amorphous nanocrystalline structure partially crystallized as a result of irradiation.
Keywords: aluminum alloy, amorphous structure, xenon ion irradiation, thermal stability, simulation, thermal analysis, phase composition, intermetallics.
DOI: 10.30791/1028-978X-2025-5-30-44
Bakhteeva Natalia — Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Material Science of RAS (Moscow, 119334, Leninsky pr., 49), Doctor of sciences (Eng), leading researcher, expert in the field of physical metal science. Е-mail: nbakhteeva@imet.ac.ru.
Umnov Pavel — Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Material Science of RAS (Moscow, 119334, Leninsky pr., 49), PhD (Eng), senior researcher, physico-chemical analysis and preparation of amorphous and nanocrystalline alloys specialist. E-mail: pumnov@imet.ac.ru.
Chueva Tatiana — Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Material Science of RAS (Moscow, 119334, Leninsky pr., 49), PhD (Eng), senior researcher, physico-chemical analysis and preparation of amorphous and nanocrystalline alloys specialist. E-mail: tchueva@imet.ac.ru.
Gamurar Nadezhda — Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Material Science of RAS (Moscow, 119334, Leninsky pr., 49), PhD (Eng), senior researcher, thermal analysis and preparation of amorphous alloys specialist. E-mail: ngamurar@imet.ac.ru.
Todorova Elena — Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Material Science of RAS (Moscow, 119334, Leninsky pr., 49), PhD (Eng), senior researcher, amorphous aluminum materials specialist. Е-mail: elena.panfilova10@yandex.ru.
Rybalchenko Olga — Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Material Science of RAS (Moscow, 119334, Leninsky pr., 49), PhD (Eng), leading researcher, aluminum materials specialist.
Presnyakova Natalia — National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute” (123182, Moscow, Academician Kurchatov Square, 1), research assistant at the resource center for probe and electron microscopy of the Kurchatov complex NBICS - nature-like technologies, specialist in the field of scanning and transmission electron microscopy, X-ray and structural analysis. E-mail: Kolobylina@gmail.com.
Semina Vera — Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, International Intergovernmental Scientific Research Organization Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (6 Joliot-Curie St, Dubna Moscow Region, Russia 141980), PhD (Phys-Math), researcher, specialist in radiation material science. Е-mail: semina@jinr.ru.
Nechaev Alexander — Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, International Intergovernmental Scientific Research Organization Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (6 Joliot-Curie St, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia 141980), PhD (Chem), Deputy Head of the Center for Applied Physics, senior researcher, specialist in the field of ion-tracking technology. Е-mail: nechaeffalexander@yandex.ru.
Reference citing:
Bakhteeva N.D., Nechaev A.N., Semina V.K., Rybalchenko O.V., Todorova E.V., Presnyakova N.N., Chueva T.R., Umnov P.P., Gamurar N.V. Osobennosti strukturnyh izmenenij v amorfnom splave Al85Ni5Fe7La3 pri obluchenii ionami ksenona [Features of structural changes in the amorphous alloy Al85Ni5Fe7La3 under xenon ion irradiation]. Perspektivnye Materialy [Advanced Materials] (in Russ), 2025, no. 5, pp. 30 – 44. DOI: 10.30791/1028-978X-2025-5-30-44