In-situ Mg77Cu12Zn5Y6 bulk metallic glass matrix composite with extraordinary plasticity

Mg base BMG alloys have attracted a great deal of attention for its low density and relative low cost. To date, BMG alloys with millimeter scale have been fab- ricated by using conventional copper cast and die cast method in Mg-Ni-Ce[1], Mg-Ni-La[2], Mg-C…     

Formation and mechanical properties of Zr-based bulk metallic glass composites with high oxygen levels

Zr-based bulk metallic glass(BMG) composites with in situ formed Y 2 O 3 particle reinforcements were synthesized by proper additions of Y to ultrahigh-oxygen-containing glass-forming alloy precursors.Microstructures,thermal stabilities,and mechanical properties of the composites were investigated.Glass formation was greatly enhanced by Y additions in the alloys and the resultant particles were homogenously distributed in the glassy matrix,allowing for the fabrication of oxide dispersion strengthened BMG composites.The compressive strength and hardness increased by 10% and 20%,respectively,with the introduction of Y 2 O 3 particles.These results are significant for the design and production of Zr-based BMGs and BMG composites with improved properties using commercial high-oxygen content raw materials under industrial conditions.     

Deformation induced structural evolution in bulk metallic glasses

The structural behavior of binary Cu50Zr50 and ternary Cu50Zr45Ti5 bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) under applied stress was investigated by means of in-situ high energy X-ray synchrotron diffraction. The components of the strain tensors were determined from the shifts of the maxima of the atomic pair correlation functions (PDF) in real space. The anisotropic atomic reorientation in the first-nearest-neighbor shell versus stress suggests structural rearrangements in short-range order. Within the plastic deformation range the overall strain of the metallic glass is equal to the yield strain. After unloading,the atomic structure returns to the stress-free state,and the short-range order is identical to that of the undeformed state. Plastic deformation,however,leads to localized shear bands whose contribution to the volume averaged diffraction pattern is too weak to be detected. A concordant region evidenced by the anisotropic component is activated to counterbalance the stress change due to the atomic bond reorientation in the first-nearest-neighbor shell. The size of the concordant region is an important factor dominating the yield strength and the plastic strain ability of the BMGs.     

Designing metallic glass matrix composites with high toughness and tensile ductility

The selection and design of modern high-performance structural engineering materials is driven by optimizing combinations of mechanical properties such as strength, ductility, toughness, elasticity and requirements for predictable and graceful (non-catastrophic) failure in service. Highly processable bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) are a new class of engineering materials and have attracted significant technological interest. Although many BMGs exhibit high strength and show substantial fracture toughness, they lack ductility and fail in an apparently brittle manner in unconstrained loading geometries. For instance, some BMGs exhibit significant plastic deformation in compression or bending tests, but all exhibit negligible plasticity (<0.5% strain) in uniaxial tension. To overcome brittle failure in tension, BMG-matrix composites have been introduced. The inhomogeneous microstructure with isolated dendrites in a BMG matrix stabilizes the glass against the catastrophic failure associated with unlimited extension of a shear band and results in enhanced global plasticity and more graceful failure. Tensile strengths of approximately 1 GPa, tensile ductility of approximately 2-3 per cent, and an enhanced mode I fracture toughness of K(1C) approximately 40 MPa m(1/2) were reported. Building on this approach, we have developed 'designed composites' by matching fundamental mechanical and microstructural length scales. Here, we report titanium-zirconium-based BMG composites with room-temperature tensile ductility exceeding 10 per cent, yield strengths of 1.2-1.5 GPa, K(1C) up to approximately 170 MPa m(1/2), and fracture energies for crack propagation as high as G(1C) approximately 340 kJ m(-2). The K(1C) and G(1C) values equal or surpass those achievable in the toughest titanium or steel alloys, placing BMG composites among the toughest known materials.     

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.     

Magnetocaloric effect in Er-Al-Co bulk metallic glasses

A series of Er-Al-Co bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) have been prepared by the copper mold casting method. The glass forming ability and magnetocaloric effect (MCE) for these alloys have been investigated. The second-order magnetic transition from para-magnetic to ferromagnetic states takes place at about 9 K. These BMGs exhibit excellent MCE because of their large effective magneton number; Er56Al24Co20 BMG has a maximum entropy change and refrigeration capacity of 16.06 J kg-1 K-1 and 546 J kg-1,respectively,under the field of 50 kOe (10 kOe=795.775 kA/m) indicating that these BMGs are potential candidate magnetic materials for hydrogen liquefaction.     

Formation and corrosion properties of Fe-based bulk metallic glasses

Bulk metallic glass (BMG) formation was explored in the Fe-B-Si-Nb alloy system though combined use of the atomic cluster line approach and the minor alloying strategy. The basic ternary compositions in the Fe-B-Si system were determined by the intersection points of two cluster lines, namely, Fe-B cluster to Si and Fe-Si cluster to B. 3at%–4at% Nb was added to the quaternary Fe-B-Si-Nb alloy. The casting experiments revealed that good glass-forming ability (GFA) occurred at the (Fe_73.4Si_8.2B_18.4)₉₆Nb₄ composition, and 3-mm diameter BMG samples were made. The glass transition temperature (T_g), crystallization temperature (T_x), and supercooled liquid region (ΔT_x=T_x-T_g) of this BMG were measured to be 866, 889, and 23 K, respectively. The BMG shows a high Vickers hardness of about Hv 1164, a Young’s modulus of 180 GPa, and a good corrosion resistance in the solutions of 1 mol/L HCl and 3wt% NaCl.     

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.     

Revisiting Al-Ni-Zr bulk metallic glasses using the ＇cluster-resonance＇ model

Six series of alloys,namely,Ni3Zr6Alx,Ni3Zr7Alx,Ni4Zr9Alx,Ni3Zr8Alx,Ni3Zr9Alx and Ni3Zr10Alx (x=1,1.5,2,3) were designed in this work and the bulk metallic glass (BMG) formation of these compositions was investigated by copper mold suction casting. A centimeter-scale BMG sample was obtained for the Ni4Zr9Al2 (Al13.3Ni26.7Zr60 in atomic percent) composition. The thermal glass parameters for this BMG were determined to be ΔTx = 68 K,Trg = 0.579,and γm = 0.689. Using the ’cluster-resonance’ model for glass formation an optimal BMG composition was determined using the cluster formula [Ni3Zr9](Al2Ni1).     

<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.     

Hot deformation behaviors of WE71 alloy under plain strain compression at elevated temperature

Hot deformation behaviors of WE71 (Mg–7Y-1Nd-0.5Zr) alloy was investigated by plain strain compression tests conducted at temperatures ranging from 350 °C to 500 °C and strain rates varying from 0.01 s^-1 to 10 s^-1. Results show that the hot deformation of WE71 was accompanied by the precipitation of rich Zr phase with granular shape and block-shaped phase rich in element Y. When deformed at low temperature and high strain rate, the softening behavior of the alloy was synergically determined by shear bands propagation, adiabatic heating, twinning formation and dynamic recrystallization (DRX). For the conditions of high temperature and high strain rate, DRX was the major softening mechanism while the formation and annihilation of extension twinning resulted in a special flow curve characteristic at the strain of around 0.3. According to the microstructural observations, it can be concluded that the irregular flow curves of WE71 alloy during plain strain compression process are mainly ascribed to shear bands propagation, adiabatic heating, twinning formation and DRX.     

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...     

球形波冲击压缩后Zr41Ti14Cu12.5Ni10Be22.5大块金属玻璃的损伤与断裂特性研究

研究了Zr41Ti14Cu12.5Ni10Be22．5大块金属玻璃在不同速度的球形弹丸高速撞击下的损伤与断裂特性。通过表面形貌、X射线衍射谱的变化情况，可以看出．随着弹丸速度的增加，弹坑变成球形，弹坑深度逐渐增大，剪切带／裂纹有轻微增大，弧形损伤带是球面波高速撞击后的独特损伤行为。球形弹丸高速撞击作用下大块金属玻璃的晶化和常温退火与静高压下非晶态合金的晶化有着不同的机制。     

Deformation behavior during nanoindentation in Ce-based bulk metallic glasses

Recently, bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) have at- tracted a great deal of attention due to their extremely high strength, improved wear resistance and excellent corrosion resistance[1-7]. However, it is known that their structural applications are currently…     

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...     

基于动态三点弯曲实验的Zr41.2Ti13.8Cu12.5Ni10Be22.5大块金属玻璃断裂行为

基于改进的分离式霍普金森压杆实验,研究了金属玻璃分别在预刻Ⅰ/Ⅲ缺口和Ⅰ型缺口条件下断裂行为的差异性。发现在冲击载荷下,Zr_(41.2)Ti_(13.8)Cu_(12.5)Ni_(10)Be_(22.5)试样发生Ⅰ/Ⅲ型断裂的起裂时间相对于Ⅰ型断裂明显被延迟;并且Ⅰ/Ⅲ型断裂的卸载过程明显被延阻。Zr_(41.2)Ti_(13.8)Cu_(12.5)Ni_(10)Be_(22.5)试样所承受的峰值载荷呈现出随着冲击速度增加而增大的趋势;当冲击速度相近时,试样发生Ⅰ/Ⅲ型断裂比发生Ⅰ型断裂承受了更大的峰值载荷。通过对试样电镜扫描图的分析,从形貌学和剪切带形成机理角度对实验结果进行了解释。     

Strain rate response of a Zr-based composite fabricated by Bridgman solidification

Zr_58.5Ti_14.3Nb_5.2Cu_6.1Ni_4.9Be_11.0 bulk metallic glass matrix composites, containing β-Zr dendrites, were fabricated by Bridgman solidification at the withdrawal velocity of 1.0 mm/s through a temperature gradient of ～45 K/mm. Subjected to the increasing compressive strain rates, the monotonic increasing and decreasing were obtained for the maximum strength and the fracture strain, respectively. The results show that high strain rate may induce the insufficient time for the interaction between shear bands and the crystalline phase, and early fracture occurs as a result. The fractographs are consistent with the mechanical properties, and the failure mode of the present Zr-based composites is in agreement with the frame of the ellipse criterion.     

上海粘性土剪切带形成的机理分析

通过在固结不排水平面应压缩试验条件下上海粘性土局部化变形和剪切带形成的试验研究,发现了上海粘性土剪切带形成的一些规律,对上海原状粘性土剪切带形成的机理作了探讨。     

Zr_（55）Al_（10）Cu_（30）Ni_5块体非晶合金轧制塑性变形三维有限元分析

利用ANSYS/LS-DYNA显式动力学分析有限元法对Zr55Al10Cu30Ni5块体非晶合金的室温轧制塑性变形过程进行模拟计算,分析了非晶合金变形区域内的最大剪切应力分布与压下率的关系。计算得出了稳定轧制阶段不同压下率下非晶合金的应力和应变分布。计算结果表明,轧制变形区的最大剪切应力随压下率的增大而增大,并且在最大剪切应力超过屈服应力的局部区域非晶合金发生了非均匀塑性变形。模拟分析的结果与实验研究结果相符合,从而为进一步研究室温轧制变形诱导非晶合金微观结构变化提供理论依据。     

Zr基与Ti基非晶合金的不同划痕变形行为

采用痕法研究了Zr47.9Ti0.3Ni3.1Cu39.3Al9.4与Ti40Zr25Be30Cr5两种非晶合金的塑性变特征,考查了载荷与痕速度对塑性变特征的影响.结果表明两种铸态非晶合金样品的剪切带表现出同的特征：Ti非晶合金在痕两侧剪切带现分枝特征,随着载荷和痕速度的增加,出现多重分枝和混乱分特征;而Zr非晶合金的剪切带特征以一次剪切带为主,随载荷和痕速度增加,剪切带特征向单一、平滑趋势转变.进一研究了弛豫对Zr非晶合金痕变特征的影响,发现弛豫使Zr非晶合金剪切带向分枝特征转变.从自由体积观点探讨了两种合金中同剪切带特征的和演制.