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First Phase Formation Kinetics in the Reaction of Nb/Al

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2012

K. R. Coffey ,
K. Barmak ,
D. A. Rudman  and
S. Foner
K. R. Coffey
Affiliation:
I.B.M., SSPD, 5600 Cottle Rd., San Jose, CA 95193
K. Barmak
Affiliation:
I.B.M., GTD, East Fishkill Facility, Hopewell Jct., NY 12533
D. A. Rudman
Affiliation:
N.I.S.T., 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80303
S. Foner
Affiliation:
N.M.L., M.I.T., Cambridge, MA 02039
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Abstract

Phase Formation kinetics in the reaction of Nb/Al multilaycred thin films were investigated using scanning calorimetry, x-ray diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy. The first phase to form upon annealing the Nb/Al layered structure is the NbAl3 intermetallic. Its formation is clearly identified by the calorimetry to be a two stage process, which has been modeled as the nucleation and three-dimensional growth to coalescence of the product phase in the plane of the initial interface, followed by the thickening of the product layer by one-dimensional growth perpendicular to the interface plane. For the initial reaction stage the reaction front velocity is higher than can be supported by diffusional transport within the lattice adjacent to the moving interface. Thus diffusion along nonequilibrium interfaces must be the growth mechanism. The large volume fraction consumed during the initial reaction stage indicates a lower nucleation site density than expected at a Nb/Al interface at local equilibrium, suggesting that the interface transport is reducing the driving force for nucleation.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 230: Symposium R – Phase Transformation Kinetics in Thin Films , 1991 , 55
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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