Turkish Journal of Physics
DOI
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Abstract
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) is performed at different heating rates under non-isothermal conditions to study the crystallization kinetics of Se_{.70}Te_{.26}Ag_{.04} and Se_{.70}Te_{.24}Ag_{.06} chalcogenide glasses in terms of the activation energy of nucleation and growth process. To understand the nucleation and growth process, the values of the growth morphology parameter n and the numerical factor m of crystallization mechanism have been evaluated using different non--isothermal methods. The values of n and m have been found to be nearly equal, indicating that the present glasses have sufficient nuclei before DSC experiment and the activation energy for nucleation process E_N is zero. Hence, the effective activation energy for overall crystallization E_c is equal to the activation energy for growth process E_G.
Keywords
Chalcogenide glasses, Differential Scanning Calorimetry, Crystallization Kinetics.
First Page
397
Last Page
406
Recommended Citation
MEHTA, N.; KUMAR, D.; and KUMAR, A. (2004) "Calorimetric Studies of the Crystallization Growth Process in Glassy Se_{70}Te_{30-x}Ag_x Alloys," Turkish Journal of Physics: Vol. 28: No. 6, Article 6. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/physics/vol28/iss6/6
