Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1484939 | Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids | 2007 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The effect of pre-treatment above glass transition temperature (Tg) on the reversible structural relaxation in a Zr62Al8Ni13Cu17 bulk metallic glass at sub-Tg annealing has been investigated. It is found that the enthalpy relaxation can be well described by a stretched exponential function. A free-volume model can only qualitatively simulate the process of enthalpy recovery. Sub-Tg heat treatments after enthalpy recovery have almost no effect on the following crystallization, which can be accelerated when critical clusters are formed for a longer time annealing.
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Authors
X.D. Wang, J.Z. Jiang, S. Yi,