Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1624432 Journal of Alloys and Compounds 2008 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

The glassy rod with a maximum sample thickness of 11 mm and larger supercooled liquid region of 108 K was successfully fabricated when substituting Cu with minor amount of Ag in the Cu–Zr–Al–Gd alloy system. The value of γ reaches a maximum of 0.418 for the Cu45.5Zr45Al7Gd2Ag0.5 bulk metallic glass (BMG) alloy. The high glass-forming ability (GFA) and larger supercooled liquid region are discussed from atomic size, negative mixing heat among constituent elements and thermodynamics.

Related Topics
Physical Sciences and Engineering Materials Science Metals and Alloys
Authors
, , , ,