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.     

CuZrAlNb非晶复合材料的摩擦磨损性能

为探讨元素Nb对CuZrAl体系磨损性能的影响,制备了CuZrAlNb非晶复合材料.通过扫描电镜、X射线衍射仪和摩擦磨损试验机分别对Cu44.6Zr48 Al4 Nb3.4和Cu45Zr48Al4Nb3合金的显微组织、相组成及摩擦磨损性能进行研究.结果表明：Nb元素微量添加能够改变合金的显微结构及磨损性能.Cu45Zr48 Al4 Nb3为非晶复合材料,摩擦系数相对较大、耐磨系数最大,磨损机制为黏着磨损并伴随磨粒磨损,耐磨性能好;Cu44.6Zr48Al4Nb3.4为非晶合金,其摩擦系数、耐磨系数小于Cu45Zr48Al4Nb3非晶复合材料,磨损机制为黏着磨损.该研究为实际生产CuZrAlNb非晶复合材料提供了基础数据.     

Zr基非晶合金超塑性成形工艺研究

采用感应耦合等离子体刻蚀工艺制备了微型硅模具,基于硅模具研究了非晶合金Zr41.25Ti13.75Ni10Cu12.5Be22.5的超塑性微零件成形工艺.采用差示扫描量热仪测定了Zr41.25Ti13.75Ni10Cu12.5Be22.5的过冷液相区间为360～440℃,在过冷液相区间热压成形非晶合金微零件、机械研磨去除零件飞边和采用40%的KOH溶液腐蚀去除硅模具,得到非晶合金微型零件.自主研制了成形设备,仿真分析与实验相结合,解决了成形过程中设备的温度控制问题,比较分析了不同温度下的成形结果,实验与仿真结果符合较好.在410℃条件下成功制备出模数0.03、齿数66和厚度500μm的微型内齿轮,齿形轮廓清晰,X射线衍射仪扫描结果显示该微齿轮为非晶结构,从而验证了采用该工艺制备微型零件的可行性.     

Tensile and compressive behavior of Ti-based bulk metallic glass composites

This article focuses on the tensile and compressive characteristics of a Ti-based bulk metallic glass composite (BMGC). It is found that the yield stress, maximum strength, and fracture strain are 1380 MPa, 1516 MPa, and 4.3% for uniaxial tension, but 1580 MPa, 4010 MPa, and 29% for uniaxial compression, respectively. The composite displays a linear “work hardening” capacity under compression; however, the “work softening” behavior is observed in the true engineering stress-strain curve upon tensile loading. The fracture surfaces of specimens also exhibit dissimilar properties under the different loadings.     

Zr基大块非晶合金制备轴承滚动体的应用研究

用Zr基大块非晶合金制备了2206型号轴承的滚动体。采用大载荷高速转动试验，进行了快速轴承疲劳寿命测试。结果显示，Zr基大块非晶合金轴承滚动体与GCr15轴承合金滚动体相比，轴承的失效形式不同，Zr基大块非晶合金轴承滚动体的耐磨性明显优于GCr15轴承合金滚动体。     

Domain structure of hard magnetic NdAlFeCo bulk metallic glass

Magnetic domain structure of hard magnetic Nd₆₀Al₁₀Fe₂₀Co₁₀ bulk metallic glass (BMG) has been studied by using magnetic force microscopy. In the magnetic force images it is shown that the exchange interaction type magnetic domains with a period of about 360 nm do exist in the BMG, which is believed to be associated with the appearance of hard-magnetic properties in this system. As the scale of the magnetic domain is much larger than the size of the short-range ordered atomic clusters existing in the BMG, it is believed that the large areas of magnetic contrast are actually a collection of a group of clusters aligned in parallel by strong exchange coupling interaction. After fully crystallization, the BMG exhibits paramagnetism. No obvious magnetic contrast is observed in the magnetic force images of fully crystallized samples, except for a small quantity of ferromagnetic crystalline phase with low coercivity and an average size of 900 nm.     

Centimeter-sized Ti-based bulk metallic glass with high specific strength

Based on the quaternary Ti₄₁Zr₂₅Be₂₉Al₅ glassy alloy with a critical diameter of 7 mm reported not long ago, an obvious enhancement of glass-forming ability (GFA) has been realized in this alloy by the addition of Cu element. A series of (Ti₄₁Zr₂₅Be₂₉Al₅)_100?xCu_x (x=0, 2, 5, 7, 9, 11 at%) glassy alloys have been developed and some of them can be cast into one-centimeter diameter fully glassy rods by copper mold suction casting. It has been found that Cu addition could stabilize the liquid phase and suppress the crystallization, resulting in improvement of the GFA of the alloy. The addition of Cu also increases the compressive strength of the alloy and the (Ti₄₁Zr₂₅Be₂₉Al₅)₉₁Cu₉ glassy alloy possesses a specific strength (defined as yield strength/density) of 4.13×10⁵ Nm/kg, which is much higher than most other reported centimeter-sized bulk metallic glasses. The present result suggests that the newly developed (Ti₄₁Zr₂₅Be₂₉Al₅)₉₁Cu₉ glassy alloy is a good candidate for structural applications because of its good glass-forming ability and mechanical properties.     

High entropy state of orientationally-disordered clusters in Zr-based bulk metallic glass

A phase transformation of a metastable Zr2Ni intermetallic crystalline phase to vitrify was studied with molecular dynamics (MD) simulations based on a plastic crystal model (PCM), which utilizes the orientational disorder of molecules of plastic crystals in a class of soft matter. The simulation results show ed that computational operations in MD-PCM for the random rotati ons of the clusters in the crystalline phase around their center of gravity and subsequent annealing lead to form a dense random pa cking structure from the metastable Zr2Ni phase. These randomly-rotated clusters provide high degrees of freedom in terms of atomic positions, which results in enhancing the glass-forming ability of the alloy. The critical fraction of the number of rotated cl usters for forming the glassy phase ( fc^R) is evaluated to be 0.75 ? 0.80. Thus, the critical fraction of the number of un-rotated clusters (fc^U=1?fc^R) is close to the critical concentration of site percolation for metallic materials. The mechanism of the metastable Zr2Ni phase to vitrify with increasing f^R was analyzed with a concept of communal entropy in the free volume theory with solid- and liquid-like cells proposed by Cohen and Grest. The MD-PCM for the metastable Zr2Ni phase suggests that Zr-based bulk metallic glass (BMG) can be regarded as an alloy in a high rotation entropy state of cl usters and that glass transition takes place by percolation of th e nuclei of a liquid-like glassy phase.     

Microstructure and mechanical properties of a novel Zr-based bulk metallic glass composite

Zr48.5Cu46.5Al5 bulk metallic glass （BMG） composites with diameters of 3 and 4 mm were prepared through suction casting in an arc melting furnace by modulating the alloy composition around the monothetic BMG composition of the high glass forming ability. Microstructural characterization reveals that the composites contain micron-sized CuZr phase with martensite structure, as well as nano-sized Zr2Cu crystalline particles and Cu10Zr7 plate-like phase embedded in an amorphous matrix. Room temperature compression tests showed that the composites exhibited significant strain hardening and obvious plastic strain of 7.7% for 3 mm and 6.4% for 4 mm diameter samples, respectively.     

块体Pd82Si18非晶合金的制备及晶化行为研究

采用玻璃包覆 水淬技术制备了块体Pd82Si18非晶合金．实验结果表明，净化对该熔体的非晶形成能力有很大的影响．通过对深过冷Pd82Si18合金的凝固行为研究发现，当过冷度大于190K时，过冷熔体会出现液相分离现象，热力学分析表明这将降低该过冷熔体的非晶形成能力．该非晶的晶化实验结果显示，与旋铸法制备的Pd82Si18非晶条带不同，块体非晶的晶化过程中出现两个放热峰，同时玻璃转变温度、晶化温度、过冷液相区都有相应的变化．通过分析可知Pd82Si18非晶合金的晶化过程与制备过程中的冷却速率有很重要的联系．     

Synthesis,structure and mechanical properties of Zr-Cu-based bulk metallic glass composites

The unusual glass-forming ability (GFA) of the Zr₄₈Cu₃₆Ag₈Al₈ alloy and the high ductility of the Zr₄₈Cu₃₆Ag₈Al₈ metallic glass-matrix composites containing Ta powder were reported. The bulk metallic glass rod with a diameter of 25 mm was successfully synthesized using copper mold casting for the Zr₄₈Cu₃₆Ag₈Al₈ alloy. High GFA of this alloy was found to be related to a large supercooled liquid region and a quaternary eutectic point with low melting temperature. The bulk metallic glass matrix composites were prepared by introducing extra Ta particles into the Zr₄₈Cu₃₆Ag₈Al₈ melt. The composites consist of Ta particles homogenously distributed in the Zr₄₈Cu₃₆Al₈Ag₈ metallic glass matrix. The optimum content of Ta powder is 10at% for the composite with the highest plasticity, which shows a plastic strain of 31%.     

Relationship between composite structures and compressive properties in CuZr-based bulk metallic glass system

Bulk metallic glass (BMG) composites with the austenite B2 phase as reinforcement macroscopically showed strain hardening behavior due to the plasticity induced by martensitic transformation during deformation. Relationship between characteristics of the B2-CuZr reinforcing phase and uniaxial compressive properties of CuZr-based BMG composites was studied. Mechanical properties of these BMG composites were found to depend on not only the reinforced phases but also the amorphous matrix,and the yield and fracture strength can be roughly estimated by the rule of mixture principle. Distribution of the reinforced B2-CuZr phase has an important impact on the compressive plasticity even for the composites with a similar volume fraction of the crystalline phase.     

Investigation of the microcrack evolution in a Ti-based bulk metallic glass matrix composite

The initiation and evolution behavior of the shear-bands and microcracks in a Ti-based metallic-glass–matrix composite(MGMC) were investigated by using an in-situ tensile test under transmission electron microscopy(TEM). It was found that the plastic deformation of the Ti-based MGMC related with the generation of the plastic deformation zone in crystalline and shear deformation zone in glass phase near the crack tip. The dendrites can suppress the propagation of the shear band effectively. Before the rapid propagation of cracks, the extending of plastic deformation zone and shear deformation zone ahead of crack tip is the main pattern in the composite.     

Effects of crystallization on corrosion behaviours of a Ni-based bulk metallic glass

The effects of microstructure change on the corrosion behaviours of Ni₅₅Nb₂₀Ti₁₀Zr₈Co₇ bulk glass-forming alloy were investigated in 1 mol/L HCl and 0.5 mol/L H₂SO₄ solutions. Different microstructures of the Ni-based alloy were achieved by annealing the bulk glassy rod prepared by copper mould casting. The microstructure, grain size, grain distribution, and phase composition were characterized. Electrochemical behaviours of the Ni-based alloy were revealed by static immersion and anodic potentiodynamic polarization tests. It is indicated that the corrosion behaviours of the Ni-based bulk glass-forming alloy are related to its microstructures, while the fully crystallized alloy exhibits a relatively lower corrosion resistance than those of the amorphous states.     

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.     

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.     

Novel titanium particles reinforced Zr-based bulk metallic glass composites prepared by infiltration casting

A novel Ti/Zr_41.2Ti_13.8Cu_12.5Ni_10.0Be_22.5 composite was successfully prepared by infiltrating the melt into sintered Ti preform. It shows that the introduction of Ti particles into the composite results in an increase in elastic strain to 3% and an enhancement of the strength up to 2.1 GPa. High specific strength has been obtained because of the decrease in density of the composite. It is suggested that an improvement in the mechanical properties of the composite may be attributed to the generation of multiple shear bands and some deformation in the Ti particles.     

Effects of small amount Ta on the characteristics of the Zr-Al-Ni-Cu-Ta bulk metallic glass

The effects of Ta on the characteristics of the Zr-base BMG (bulk metallic glass) were investigated. Zr₅₅Al₁₀Ni₅Cu_30-xTa_x (x=1, 2,4) bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) with 3.5 mm diameter and 70 mm length were successfully prepared by using combined jet and copper mold casting. A small amount of Ta addition does not change the glass transition temperature, crystallization temperature,and supercooled liquid region obviously, but Ta promotes composition separation and two-stage crystallization. The stable crystalline phases include Zr₂Ni, CuZr₂, Al₂Zr₃ intermetallic compounds and Ta-rich solid solution after annealing the Zr-Al-Ni-Cu-Ta alloys at 753 K. Zr₅₅Al₁₀Ni₅Cu_30-xTa_x (x=1,2,4) bulk glassy alloys exhibit a better compressive strength. The stress-strain curve shows a zigzag feature, and the fracture surface shows intersecting of shear bands. It may correlate with the inhomogeneous feature of amorphous structure.     

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...