Effect of proton irradiation on structure relaxation of Zr<Subscript>41.5</Subscript>Ti<Subscript>14.9</Subscript>Cu<Subscript>12.6</Subscript>Ni<Subscript>10.5</Subscript>Be<Subscript>20.4</Subscript> bulk metallic glass

Effects of proton irradiation on structure re-laxation of Zr_(41.5)Ti_(14.9)Cu_(12.6)Ni_(10.5)Be_(20.4) bulk metallic glass areinvestigated by means of X-ray diffraction, differential scan-ning calorimetric and electronic resistance measurements.The results show that, at 203 K, the structure ofZr_(41.5)Ti_(14.9)Cu_(12.6)Ni_(10.5)Be_(20.4) bulk metal glass is relaxed obvi-ously by proton irradiation with the energy and the dosebeing of 160 keV and 1.65×10~(16) ions/cm~2, respectively. How-ever, Zr_(41 .5)Ti_(14.9)Cu_(12.6)Ni_(10.5)Be_(20.4) bulk metallic glass becomesmore steady amorphous state under two conditions, one isthat the energy and the dose are 160 keV and 1.1×10~(15)ions/cm~2, respectively. Another is that the energy and thedose are 120 keV and 6.5×10~(15) ions/cm~2, respectively.     

ZrCuAlMo大块非晶的制备及热稳定性研究

通过铜模吸铸法制备（Zr47Cu44Al9）100-xMox（x=0,1,2,3）大块非晶合金.利用X射线衍射、差热分析等,研究分析添加Mo对Zr47Cu44Al9合金非晶形成能力及热稳定性的影响.结果表明,Mo的添加量为2%时,合金具有最大的非晶形成能力,纯非晶试样的临界尺寸从4mm增大到6mm以上,8mm的样品只有微弱的衍射峰.Mo提高非晶形成能力的原因主要是抑制引起异质形核的CuZr相的析出与长大.利用Kissinger方法计算得到的其玻璃转变激活能Eg为278.57kJmol-1、晶化激活能Ex为392.46kJmol-1、晶化峰值的激活能Ep为376.97kJmol-1.与原合金相比,晶化激活能与晶化峰值激活能的数据都增大,说明Mo的添加不仅提高了原合金的非晶形成能力,同时也增强了合金的热稳定性.     

Work toughening effect in Zr_（41）Ti_（14）Cu_（12.5）Ni_（10）Be_（22.5） bulk metallic glass

Work hardening is a well-known phenomenon occurring in crystalline metals during deformation,which has been widely used to increase the strength of metals although their ductility is usually reduced simultaneously. Here we report that the plastic strain of Zr41Ti14Cu12.5Ni10Be22.5 (at.%) bulk metallic glasses has been increased from 0.3% for the as-cast sample to 2.5%-8.0% for samples that have experienced pre-deformation under constrained conditions. The pre-deformed glassy alloys possess more free volume and abundant introduced shear bands,which are believed to promote the activation of shear bands in post-deformation and result in an increase in plasticity. The orientation of the pre-introduced shear bands relative to the loading direction will affect the deformation behavior of pre-deformed samples. The present results show that pre-deformation of this glassy alloy will result in work toughening. This work toughening effect can be removed by isothermal annealing at a sub-Tg (glass transition) temperature,which causes annihilation of free volume and healing of shear bands.     

Effect of Sn addition on the glass-forming ability and mechanical properties of Ni-Nb-Zr bulk metallic glasses

The effect of tin (Sn) addition on the glass forming ability (GFA) and mechanical properties of the Ni-Nb-Zr ternary alloy system has been studied. The addition of Sn improves the GFA; Ni61Nb35.5-xZr3.5Snx (in at.%) alloys with x=1 can be cast into amorphous samples at least 3 mm in diameter using a copper mold injection-casting method. The critical size for glass formation decreases to 2 mm when x=5 because Ni2SnZr phase precipitates readily. The addition of Sn is also effective in enhancing the stability ...     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">In situ</Emphasis> synthesis of TiC reinforced Cu<Subscript>47</Subscript>Ti<Subscript>34</Subscript>Zr<Subscript>11</Subscript>Ni<Subscript>8</Subscript> bulk metallic glass composites

In situ synthesized TiC particles and β-Ti dendrites reinforced Cu47Ti34Zr11Ni8 bulk metallic glass (BMG) composite ingots were prepared by the suction casting method.The ingots with diameters from 1 up to 4mm were successfully obtained. It was shown that introducing TiC micro-sized particles into the amorphous matrix did not disturb the glass forming ability (GFA) of the matrix,while the yield strength and ductility could be well improved.The phase constitution, microstructure and elements distribution in the composites were studied by OM, XRD, SEM and EDS.It was shown that the in situ synthesized TiC particles acting as heterogeneous nucleation sites promoted the precipitation of β-Ti dendrites, resulting in the formation of the TiC particles and β-Ti dendrites co-reinforced BMG composites. The compressive tests were employed to probe the yield strength and ductility of BMG composites.     

Super-plasticity of Zr<Subscript>64.80</Subscript>Cu<Subscript>14.85</Subscript>Ni<Subscript>10.35</Subscript>Al<Subscript>10</Subscript> bulk metallic glass at room temperature

Generally, bulk metallic glasses （BMGs） exhibit a very limited plastic deformation under a compression load at room temperature, often less than 2% before fracturing. In this letter, through an appropriate choice of BMGs＇ composition, an amorphous rod of Zr64.80Cu14.85Ni10.35Al10 with a diameter of 2 mm was prepared by using copper mold suction casting. X-ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry were utilized to determine its structure and thermal stability, and the uniaxial compression test was adopted to study its plastic deformation behavior at room temperature simultaneously. The results showed that the glass transition temperature and onset temperature of the exothermic reaction of the amorphous rod were 646 and 750 K, respectively, and its micro-hardness was 594.7 Hv. During compression, when the engineering strain and engineering stress arrived at 9.05% and 1732 MPa, respectively, i.e., the true strain and true stress reached 9.42% and 1560 MPa, respectively, the amorphous rod started to yield. After yielding, with the increase of load, the strain increased and the glass rod ulti- mately were compressed into flake-like form. Although the maximum engineering strain was larger than 70%, i.e., the maximum true strain exceeded by 120%, the amorphous specimen was not fractured, indicating that it has super-plasticity at room temperature. Through the appropriate choice of composition and optimization of the technological process, flexible BMG with super-plasticity at room temperature could be produced.     

Rolling-induced microstructure change in Zr_（65）Al_（7.5）Ni_（10）Cu_（12.5）Ag_5 bulk metallic glass

The microstructures and free-volume evolutions of as-cast and pre-annealed Zr65Al7.5Ni10Cu12.5Ag5 bulk metallic glasses during rolling deformation have been investigated. No phase transformation is detected in the as-cast/rolled specimen. However,the structural stability of the glass against plastic deformation is worse after pre-annealing,indicated by nanocrystallization in preannealed/rolled specimens with large deformation degrees. Moreover,with increasing deformation degree,the free-volume content in a pre-annealed/rolled specimen increases at a lower average rate than that in an as-cast/rolled specimen.     

Effect of Ni addition on the glass-forming ability and soft-magnetic properties of FeNiBPNb metallic glasses

The effect of Ni addition on the glass-forming ability (GFA) and soft-magnetic properties of an (Fe1-xNix)75.5B14.5P7Nb3 (x=0-0.6) alloy system were investigated. We found that the addition of Ni was effective in allowing the alloy to approach a eutectic point as well as increasing the thermal stability of the supercooled liquid. By increasing the amount of Ni,the supercooled liquid region (ΔTx),the reduced glass transition temperature Trg (Tg/Tl) and the Y parameter [Tx/(Tg+Tl)] increased from 49 to 75 K,0...     

Effect of TRT process on GFA, mechanical properties and microstructure of Zr-based bulk metallic glass

The effect of yttrium addition on the glass-forming ability(GFA) and mechanical properties of the Zr-based (Zr_(0.525)Al_(0.1)Ti_(0.05)Cu_(0.179)Ni_(0.146))_(100-x)Y_x and(Zr_(0.55)Al_(0.15)Ni_(0.1)Cu_(0.2))_(100-x)Y_x(x=0,0.2,0.4 0.6,1,2) alloys was studied.Micro-alloying of 0.6%yttrium enhances the room temperature ductility as well as the GFA of the Zr-based alloys.The mechanism of enhancing the GFA and room temperature ductility was analyzed.It is indicated that proper yttrium addition stabilizes the...     

Zr_(55)Al_(10)Ni_5Cu_(30)大块金属玻璃的晶化行为研究

分别在603 K、653 K、683 K、723 K、753 K、793 K和0.5 h、1 h、2 h、3 h、5 h的保温时间下对Zr55Al10Ni5Cu30大块金属玻璃进行了退火热处理.采用x射线衍射(XRD)法分析了退火后Zr55Al10Ni5Cu30大块金属玻璃的弛豫和晶化相析出的过程,计算了不同温度下结晶度和纳米晶粒尺寸的大小.通过差示扫描量热(DSC)法分析了Zr55Al10Ni5Cu30大块金属玻璃的热稳定性.Kjssinger曲线分析表明,Zr55Al10Ni5Cu30大块金属玻璃弛豫后晶化激活能高于其淬态的晶化激活能,退火温度对大块金属玻璃热稳定性有显著影响.     

Cu60Zr33Ti7非晶合金的非等温晶化动力学行为

采用铜模吸铸法制备Cu60Zr33Ti7大块非晶合金(BMGs),用X射线衍射仪(XRD)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)确定其非晶态结构,并利用同步示差扫描量热仪(DSC)对其晶化动力学进行研究.结果显示:该BMGs第一晶化峰晶化产物为Cu10Zr7,其晶化过程有显著的动力学效应.由Kissinger法和Ozawa法得到的全局晶化激活能分别为116.27、122.9kJ·mol-1,该大块非晶合金具有很好的热稳定性.     

三元合金体系金属玻璃成分区域的初步预测

在用热学计算方法计算评估二元合金非晶形成能基础上,利用早期曾经提1/x参数预估了Zr-Cu-Al三元合金形成成分范围.步结果表明,当1/x〉1.28时Zr-Cu-Al三元合金成分范围大致与前期大量实验到Zr-Cu-Al三元大块金属成分相符.在此基础上,计算Nd-Al-Fe和Nd-Al-Co三元合金中1/x值,分别为1/x〉2.7和1/x〉2.9;与早期研究结果相比较,表明1/x可以有效确定Nd-Al-Fe和Nd-Al-Co三元金属大致形成范围.最终,认为1/x可以有效确定三元金属大致形成成分范围.     

Effects of gravity field on glass forming ability in ZrTiCuNiBe alloy

The solidification and glass forming ability of Zr₄₁Ti₁₄Cu_12.5Ni₁₀Be_22.5 bulk glassy forming alloy is investigated by Bridgman unidirectional solidification at different growth velocities under different gravity field orientations. Large differences in glass formation, undercooling and crystallization morphology on different solidification conditions have been found and discussed from the point of view of gravity induced convection. The results are useful for understanding the nucleation and growth in the melt and glass formation mechanism in the alloy.     

Preparation of Al<Subscript>72</Subscript>Ni<Subscript>8</Subscript>Ti<Subscript>8</Subscript>Zr<Subscript>6</Subscript>Nb<Subscript>3</Subscript>Y<Subscript>3</Subscript> amorphous powders and bulk materials

Amorphous Al₇₂Ni₈Ti₈Zr₆Nb₃Y₃ powders were successfully fabricated by mechanical alloying. The microstructure, glass-forming ability, and crystallization behavior of amorphous Al₇₂Ni₈Ti₈Zr₆Nb₃Y₃ powders were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The isothermal crystallization kinetics was analyzed by the Johnson–Mehl–Avrami equation. In the results, the supercooled liquid region of the amorphous alloy is as high as 81 K, as determined by non-isothermal DSC curves. The activation energy for crystallization is as high as 312.6 kJ·mol?1 obtained by Kissinger and Ozawa analyses. The values of Avrami exponent (n) imply that the crystallization is dominated by interface-controlled three-dimensional growth in the early stage and the end stage and by diffusion-controlled two- or three-dimensional growth in the middle stage. In addition, the amorphous Al₇₂Ni₈Ti₈Zr₆Nb₃Y₃ powders were sintered under 2 GPa at temperatures of 673 K and 723 K. The results show that the Vickers hardness of the compacted powders is as high as Hv 1215.     

A new criterion for predicting glass forming ability of bulk metallic glasses and some critical discussions

A modified criterion,β',defined as T_g/T_x-T_g/(T_l·η))(T_g,T_x,T_l andηdenote the glass transition temperature,the onset of crystallization temperature,the liquidus temperature and constant coefficient,respectively),has been proposed for assessing the glass-forming ability(GFA) of bulk metallic glasses(BMGs).A survey of the readily available experimental data associated with the thermal analysis of various BMG alloys demonstrates that the newβ' criterion exhibits much better correlation with the GFA tha...     

Correlation of mechanical properties in bulk metallic glasses with ~（27）Al NMR characteristics

We report 27Al NMR and magnetic susceptibility measurements of Zr and ZrHf-based bulk metallic glasses (BMGs). 27Al NMR Knight shift shows that there exists a clear correlation between the local electronic properties at Al sites and mechanical properties. In addition,magnetic susceptibility measurements also provide clues on the influence of the electronic states,especially the strong influence of d-orbital characteristics on the mechanical properties of toughness and hardness.     

微量组分(Cr2Ni)对Cu50Zr42Al8大块非晶玻璃形成能力的影响

在水冷铜坩埚中采用铜模吸铸法制备直径为4 mm的Cu50Zr42Al8和(Cu50Zr42Al8)100-x(Cr2Ni)x(x=0、1、2、3、4)合金圆棒.利用X射线衍射(XRD)和差分扫描量热(DSC)分别对合金的结构和非晶形成能力进行研究,结果表明,Cu50Zr42Al8和(Cu50Zr42Al8)98(Cr2Ni)2为完全非晶.(Cu50Zr42Al8)98(Cr2Ni)2具有较高的过冷液相区(ΔTx达65 K)和较大的热稳定性,且为近共晶成份,但其非晶形成能力比Cu50Zr42Al8略有降低.     

Effects of density difference of constituent elements on glass formation in TiCu-based bulk metallic glasses

Glass formation is generally favored by a large atomic size mismatch among constituent elements,which usually leads to large density differences among them as well.During melting,elemental segregation occurs due to Stokes’ law and then inevitably affects glass formation.In this paper,such effects on glass-forming ability in a TiCu-based alloy system have been demonstrated.In the bulk glassforming composition Ti43Cu42Hf14Si1,macroscopic segregation of Si was observed in the as-melted ingots and silicon was completely depleted in the as-cast rods.In another Ti33Cu47Ni8Zr11Si1 alloy,nevertheless,the effects of density differences among the constituent elements were less severe.It was also confrmed that using proper pre-alloys could be an effective way in alleviating the side effects of the elemental segregation.     

Mechanism of Ag and Al on improving the glass forming ability of CuZr-based alloys

By a mean field theoretical computation,the equilibrium distributions of additional Ag and Al in the crystalline phase of CuZr-based alloys were determined to occupy the two sublattices of the B2 structure randomly.With the molecular dynamics technique,the effects of Ag and Al on the enthalpy difference(ΔH) between the supercooled melt and the crystalline phase were evaluated.The improved glass forming ability of Cu45Zr45Al10 and Cu45Zr45Ag10 can be attributed to their remarkably smaller ΔH than that of CuZr.The calculated diffusion coefficients are more sensitive to the atomic weight of the component atoms than to their interaction strength.As the component atom with the largest mass,the additional Ag increases the viscosity of the supercooled melt significantly and the experimentally stronger glass formation ability of Cu45Zr45Ag10 than Cu45Zr45Al10 can be well understood.     

Nb元素对Cu48Zr48Al4合金组织与性能的影响

以高纯铜锆金属母材为原料,采用铜模滴注的方法制备Cu Zr基非晶合金及其复合材料,并进行拉伸实验。利用扫描电镜、X射线衍射仪和扫描量热分析仪对Cu48Zr48Al4和Cu44.8Zr48Al4Nb3.2合金进行结构表征和拉伸性能分析。结果表明:Nb元素微量添加能够改变Cu48Zr48Al4合金的组织形貌。Cu48Zr48Al4合金为非晶复合材料,抗拉强度较小、塑性微弱,断口呈现树枝脉络;Cu44.8Zr48Al4Nb3.2为非晶合金,具有较大的抗拉强度,没有塑性,断口为单一的塑坑形貌;两种合金断口表面均存在熔化现象,样品侧表面形成较少的剪切带。该研究为实际生产Cu Zr Al Nb非晶复合材料提供了基础数据。