Nanocrystallization behaviour of a ternary amorphous alloy during isothermal annealing: a Monte Carlo simulation

The nanocrystallization behaviour of Zr_70Cu_20Ni_10 metallic glass during isothermal annealing is studied by employing a Monte Carlo simulation incorporating with a modified Ising model and a Q-state Potts model. Based on the simulated microstructure and differential scanning calorimetry curves, we find that the low crystal-amorphous interface energy of Ni plays an important role in the nanocrystallization of primary Zr_2Ni. It is found that when T