B. Yao et al., EFFECT OF HIGH-PRESSURE ON THE PREPARATION OF PD-SI-CU BULK NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL, Journal of materials research, 11(4), 1996, pp. 912-916
A Pd-Si-Cu bulk nanocrystalline material was prepared by quenching the
melted Pd78Si16Cu6 alloy at a cooling rate of 200 K/s under 2-6 GPa.
It was found that the nanocrystalline material. consists of Pd(Cu) dis
ordered solid solution and a metastable phase-II, Pd4Si. The grain siz
e was found to decrease with increasing pressure. The influence of hig
h pressure on the grain size of bull; nanocrystalline material is disc
ussed, and a possible formation mechanism is proposed.