TY - JOUR
T1 - Microstructure size control through cooling rate in thermoelectric PbTe-Sb2Te3 composites
AU - Ikeda, Teruyuki
AU - Ravi, Vilupanur A.
AU - Jeffrey Snyder, G.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was partly funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) through the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Pasadena, CA) and the Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) program of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (Tokyo).
PY - 2010/3
Y1 - 2010/3
N2 - Microstructures of alloys with three compositions in the pseudobinary PbTe-Sb2Te3 system cast in copper molds using the injection molding technique were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive spectrometry, and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The microstructural length scales such as interlamellar spacing (ILS) and secondary dendrite arm spacing vary over two orders of magnitude, e.g., from 0.2 to 20 μm for SDAS in the hypereutectic alloy, depending on injection pressure, distance from surface, or thickness. The decrease in the microstructural length scale with the decrease in distance from the surface, thickness, and increase in injection pressure is attributed to an increase in the cooling rates estimated using the heat-transfer theory in solids. The difference in the injection pressures is represented as the difference in the heat-transfer coefficients.
AB - Microstructures of alloys with three compositions in the pseudobinary PbTe-Sb2Te3 system cast in copper molds using the injection molding technique were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive spectrometry, and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The microstructural length scales such as interlamellar spacing (ILS) and secondary dendrite arm spacing vary over two orders of magnitude, e.g., from 0.2 to 20 μm for SDAS in the hypereutectic alloy, depending on injection pressure, distance from surface, or thickness. The decrease in the microstructural length scale with the decrease in distance from the surface, thickness, and increase in injection pressure is attributed to an increase in the cooling rates estimated using the heat-transfer theory in solids. The difference in the injection pressures is represented as the difference in the heat-transfer coefficients.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11661-009-0143-4
DO - 10.1007/s11661-009-0143-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77949295340
VL - 41
SP - 641
EP - 650
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 - 3
ER -