TY - JOUR

T1 - In Situ Study of Peritectic Couple Growth Under Purely Diffusive Conditions

AU - Ludwig, Andreas

AU - Mogeritsch, Johann Peter

N1 - © The Author(s) 2023

PY - 2023/4/26

Y1 - 2023/4/26

N2 - Herein, in a microgravity campaign onboard the International Space Station, peritectic coupled growth (PCG) is studied by solidifying alloys of the peritectic transparent organic system TRIS–NPG under purely diffusive conditions. The experiment reveals that the formation of PCG begins with coagulated lateral bands comprising the peritectic phase at temperatures below the peritectic one. After reaching the growth front of the pro-peritectic phase, growth competition between both solid phases occurs such that the patches of the pro-peritectic phase, lamellae, and fibers/rods grow in the stated order, coupled with the peritectic phase. As the entire solidification process occurs during the initial transient stage, the diffusion coupling between the two solid phases is weak. With the gradual decrease in the interface temperature during the initial transient, the necessary growth conditions for the pro-peritectic phasediminish. Additionally, different concentrations along the inclined solid/liquid interface favor the peritectic phase at the rear window and the pro-peritectic phase at the front window. The corresponding PCG lasts 19 hours while the recoil of the inclined interface continues to a temperature level that makes alterations of the ‘effective’ TRIS–NPG phase diagram necessary.

AB - Herein, in a microgravity campaign onboard the International Space Station, peritectic coupled growth (PCG) is studied by solidifying alloys of the peritectic transparent organic system TRIS–NPG under purely diffusive conditions. The experiment reveals that the formation of PCG begins with coagulated lateral bands comprising the peritectic phase at temperatures below the peritectic one. After reaching the growth front of the pro-peritectic phase, growth competition between both solid phases occurs such that the patches of the pro-peritectic phase, lamellae, and fibers/rods grow in the stated order, coupled with the peritectic phase. As the entire solidification process occurs during the initial transient stage, the diffusion coupling between the two solid phases is weak. With the gradual decrease in the interface temperature during the initial transient, the necessary growth conditions for the pro-peritectic phasediminish. Additionally, different concentrations along the inclined solid/liquid interface favor the peritectic phase at the rear window and the pro-peritectic phase at the front window. The corresponding PCG lasts 19 hours while the recoil of the inclined interface continues to a temperature level that makes alterations of the ‘effective’ TRIS–NPG phase diagram necessary.

KW - Peritectic Coupled Growth

KW - Purely Diffusive Conditions

KW - TRIS–NPG

U2 - 10.1007/s11661-023-07052-6

DO - 10.1007/s11661-023-07052-6

M3 - Article

VL - 54.2023

JO - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science

JF - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science

SN - 1073-5623

IS - 6

ER -