The growth process of RE123 (REBa
2Cu
3O
7-x, RE=Nd and Sm) crystals in the atmosphere of Ar-1%O
2 were observed in-situ to investigate the nucleation and growth process of faceted RE123 crystals from the liquid +422(Nd
4Ba
2Cu
2O
10) or 211(Sm
2BaCuO
5) on MgO(100) substrate through a peritectic reaction by using high temperature optical microscope with zoom lens. The nucleated faceted 123 crystals grew at a rate depended on the undercooling(Δ
T). Growth rate(
u) and incubation time (
tinc) for nucleation were obtained from the changes in position of faceted interface during isothermal solidification. Growth rate
u(m/s) was approximated by the following relation:
u=
Ag(Δ
Tr2/η(
T)), where η
(T) was the viscosity, Δ
T=
Tp-
T, Δ
Tr=Δ
T/
Tp,
T was temperature,
Tp was peritectic temperature,
Ag was a constant:
Ag=0.60×10
6 for Nd and
Ag=1.8×10
-5 for Sm. Nucleation rate(
Iv) was obtained from the relationship between the number of nucleated crystals(
n) and time(
t).
Iv(m
-3 s
-1) was approximated by
Iv=
An(1/η(
T)) exp (-
B/Δ
Tr2), where
An and
B were constants:
An=3.5×10
7,
B=1.5×10
-3 for Nd, and
An=12.5×10
7,
B=3.2×10
-3 for Sm.
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