Analysis of Melting and Solidification Behaviour of Glass-forming Alloys by Synchrotron Radiation

This paper aims to study the melting and solidification behaviour of Fe48Cr15Mo14Y2C15B6 and Cu50Zr50 glass‐forming alloys by in‐situ synchrotron X‐ray diffraction from data obtained at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF). Melting and solidification behaviour for both alloys were measured by high temperature differential scanning calorimetry (HTDSC). The phase identification was performed by Rietveld refinement of diffraction patterns collected as a function of temperature. The phase mixture on melting and solidification has been clarified, confirming that in‐situ X‐ray diffraction by synchrotron radiation is a powerful technique for the study of phase transformations in alloys.