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X-ray diffraction study of phase transformation dynamics of Fe and Fe-Si alloys along the shock Hugoniot using an x-ray free electron laser

  • A. Krygier
  • , M. Harmand
  • , B. Albertazzi
  • , E. E. McBride
  • , K. Miyanishi
  • , Y. Inubushi
  • , R. Kodama
  • , M. Keoning
  • , T. Matsuoka
  • , T. Togashi
  • , T. Vinci
  • , M. Yabashi
  • , T. Yabuuchi
  • , G. Fiquet
  • , N. Ozaki

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Abstract

The x-ray free electron laser (XFEL) enables probing a highly compressed material response at the subnanosecond timescale. We exploit the ultrafast XFEL pulse to combine reflection x-ray diffraction and laser-driven shock compression to perform a study of the phase transformation and stability in Fe and Fe-Si alloys. Our approach enables us to observe that solid-solid phase transformations occur in Fe and Fe-Si8.5wt% in ≤130 ps at ∼130 GPa; no transformation is observed in Fe-Si16wt% up to 110 GPa. Density functional theory calculations predict similar phase relations.
Original languageEnglish
Article numberL220102
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume105
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 07 Jun 2022
Externally publishedYes

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