Compaction of bulk amorphous Fe40Ni40P14B6 alloys

The consolidations of two bulk amorphous Fe40Ni40P14B6 alloy discs are performed via hot pressing for a short time in its supercooled liquid region under a pressure of ∼1.2 GPa. When the consolidated temperature Ts is lower, the conjunction of two bulk amorphous Fe40Ni40P14B6 alloy discs cannot be achieved. Only when Ts get to the vicinity of 675 K, two amorphous Fe40Ni40P14B6 alloy discs have low viscosity enough to be fully fused together in a short time and the resulting compacts retain ∼90% amorphous phase. To further improve the consolidated temperature Ts, a vast amount of crystallization will occur and result in the embrittlement of amorphous alloy.