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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
  • , D. Antonangeli
  • , Y. Inubushi
  • , R. Kodama
  • , M. Koenig
  • , T. Matsuoka
  • , G. Mogni
  • , F. Pietrucci
  • , A. M. Saitta
  • , T. Togashi
  • , Y. Umeda
  • , T. Vinci
  • , M. Yabashi
  • , T. Yabuuchi
  • , G. Fiquet
  • , N. Ozaki
  • Sorbonne Université
  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • European XFEL GmbH
  • Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
  • Osaka University
  • RIKEN SPring-8 Center
  • JASRI/SPring-8
  • Osaka Universitys
  • Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University

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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 number22
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2022

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