About cookies on this site Our websites require some cookies to function properly (required). In addition, other cookies may be used with your consent to analyze site usage, improve the user experience and for advertising. For more information, please review your options. By visiting our website, you agree to our processing of information as described in IBM’sprivacy statement. To provide a smooth navigation, your cookie preferences will be shared across the IBM web domains listed here.
Publication
Acta Metallurgica
Paper
Magnitude of the Zener relaxation effect-II. Temperature dependence of the relaxation strength in α Ag-Zn
Abstract
The dependence of the magnitude of the Zener relaxation effect on temperature, T, is measured on polycrystalline samples of α Ag-Zn of three compositions. The experimental results for the relaxation strength, ΔG, are found to obey the equation: ΔG = T0 (T - Tc), where T0 and Tc are constants. This equation, originally derived by Zener, is rederived here under more general assumptions. The quantity Tc, which is interpreted as the critical temperature for self-induced ordering of the alloy, is found to be equal to 175°K, 140°K and 97°K for alloys containing 33.5, 30.2 and 24.2 at.% Zn, respectively. © 1961.