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The thermodynamic and structural aspects of amorphous titanium silicide formation by solid-state reaction have been addressed. The radial distribution function of an amorphous Ti60Si40 reaction product has been determined by electron diffraction. It is an amorphous metallic alloy, with a coordination number of about 11.4, and a local arrangement of atoms which is similar to that in a crystalline silicide, Ti5Si4. The free energy of the amorphous alloy as a function of composition has been determined from the heats of crystallization of co-deposited amorphous Ti-Si alloys, and the heat of formation of the amorphization product as measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The latter was measured to be 35 ± 5 kJ/mole. Using these data, free energy of the amorphous Ti-Si phase has been calculated by applying the CALPHAD method. These results are discussed in light of the mechanism and energetics of the amorphization reaction.
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Holloway, K., Moine, P., Delage, J. et al. Structure and Thermodynamics of Amorphous Ti-Si Produced by Solid-State Interdiffusion. MRS Online Proceedings Library 187, 71–76 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-187-71
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