Calorimetric Study of Avalanche Criticality in the Martensitic Phase Transition of Cu67.64Zn16.71Al15.65

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The first-order diffusionless structural phase transition in Cu67.64Zn16.71Al15.65 is characterized by jerky propagation of phase front related to the appearance of avalanches. In this work we describe a full analysis of this avalanche behaviour using calorimetric heat-flux measurements and the results are compared with acoustic emission (AE) measurements.

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