Bulk glass formation in the Ni–Zr–Ti–Nb–Si–Sn alloy system

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 2221-2225 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.Y. Lee ◽  
D.H. Bae ◽  
J.K. Lee ◽  
D.H. Kim

In this study, the effect of addition of Nb on glass formation in Ni–Ti–Zr–Si–Sn alloys has been studied. The composition range for bulk glass formation with Dmax > 2 mm (Dmax, maximum diameter for glass formation by injection cast method) becomes wider when compared with the non-Nb–containing alloy. The ΔTx (= Tx – Tg; Tx, crystallization onset temperature; Tg, glass transition temperature), Trg (= Tg/Tl; Tl, liquidus temperature) and γ [= Tx/(Tl + Tg)] values for the alloys Dmax > 2 mm are in the range of 40–59, 0.638–0.651, and 0.410–0.419, respectively. The compositions of the alloys (Dmax > 2 mm) are closer to pseudo-eutectic composition than that of the alloy without Nb, showing an improved glass forming ability. The critical cooling rate for glass formation (Dmax = 5 mm) is estimated to be order of approximately 40 K/s.

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 958-961 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Men ◽  
S.J. Pang ◽  
T. Zhang

Bulk glass formation of the Co–Cr–Mo–C–B–Er alloy system was investigated in this paper. The Co50Cr15Mo14C15B6 (at.%) alloy could be cast into fully glassy rod with a diameter up to 2 mm. By adding 2 at.% Er to this alloy, the critical diameter for glass formation reached 10 mm. The excellent glass formability of the Er-doped alloy was mainly attributed to its relatively large reduced glass transition temperature of 0.61, near-eutectic composition, and the necessity of redistribution of the Er atoms for precipitation of crystalline Co6Mo6C phase in the undercooled liquid on cooling.


2000 ◽  
Vol 644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Li

AbstractOnset temperature, Tm and offset temperature (liquidus) Tl of melting of a series of bulk glass forming alloys based on La, Mg, and Pd have been measured by studying systematically the melting behaviour of these alloys using DTA or DSC. Bulk metallic glass formation has been found to be most effective at or near their eutectic points and less effective for off-eutectic alloys. Reduced glass transition temperature Trg given by Tg/Tl is found to show a stronger correlation with critical cooling rate or critical section thickness for glass formation than Trg given by Tg/Tm.


2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 471-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Ho Kim ◽  
Jin Man Park ◽  
Do Hyang Kim ◽  
Won Tae Kim

The effects of niobium (Nb) addition on the glass-forming ability (GFA), crystallization behavior, and compressive mechanical property of iron (Fe)–boron (B)–yttrium (Y) alloys have been investigated. Among the (Fe71.2B24Y4.8)100−xNbx (x = 0, 2, 4, 6, 8) alloys investigated, (Fe71.2B24Y4.8)96Nb4 exhibits the highest GFA, enabling the formation of glassy rods with a maximum diameter of 7 mm, which is the largest among quaternary Fe-based alloys. The comparison of the crystallization behavior of the alloys shows that the formation of metastable Fe23B6 phase during crystallization in the (Fe71.2B24Y4.8)96Nb4 alloy can suppress the formation of other stable crystalline phases such as α-Fe, enhancing the stability of the glass phase. The present results show that the attainment of a significantly high GFA is possible even in a quaternary Fe-based alloy system by properly tailoring the competing crystalline phase by the modification of liquid chemistry.


2014 ◽  
Vol 698 ◽  
pp. 411-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Ociran Silva Nascimento ◽  
Alberto Moreira Jorge

This work presents the development of a new criterion which can indicate unknown compositions for amorphous metallic alloys. This new criterion was based on dense packing of spheres combined with the lambda criterion through the coordination number. A simplified mathematical development is presented, and software was developed with the purpose of indicating alloys with best glass forming ability (GFA). This software includes and concatenates several other criteria. For this purpose, we performed a mathematical analysis of the criteria, which included: (i) λ_min criterion which uses the minimum topological instability parameter and is used as an indication of phase competition during the solidification. (ii) the γ parameter, which reflects the relative GFA between bulk metallic glasses (BMG), and it is based on characteristic temperatures, such as: the glass transition temperature - Tg, the crystallization onset temperature - Tx and the liquidus temperature - Tl. (iii) the parameter Zc that is the critical thickness for bulk glass formation, which corresponds to the maximum dimension in which the molten can be formed without any crystals precipitation and (iv) the parameter Rc that is the critical cooling rate for glass formation, which decreases inversely to the Zc values. Through a mathematical formalism combining all the parameters, the software can decide the most suitable composition range to produce a new alloy. The results are presented and compared with the ones available in the literature. The results indicate good agreement with the literature since it is not a general theory, but intends to meet some specific cases with a reasonable convergence and which still need to be better studied.


2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 921-929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z.P. Lu ◽  
C.T. Liu ◽  
C.A. Carmichael ◽  
W.D. Porter ◽  
S.C. Deevi

Several new bulk metallic glasses based on Fe–Y–Zr–(Co, Cr, Al)–Mo–B, which have a glass-forming ability superior to the best composition Fe61Zr10Co7Mo5W2B15 reported recently, have been successfully developed. The as-cast bulk amorphous alloys showed a distinctly high thermal stability with glass-transition temperatures above 900 K, supercooled liquid regions above 60 K, and high strength with Vickers hardness values larger than HV 1200. The suppression of the growth of primary phases in the molten liquids and the resultant low liquidus temperatures were found to be responsible for the superior glass-forming ability in these new alloys. It was found that the addition of 2% Y not only facilitated bulk glass formation, but the neutralizing effect of Y with oxygen in the molten liquids also improved the manufacturability of these amorphous alloys.


2007 ◽  
Vol 561-565 ◽  
pp. 1333-1336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Sheng Zhang ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Akihisa Inoue

The thermal stability and crystalline phases precipitated from the as-cast rods of the Cu50Zr50-based alloys with addition of Al or simultaneous addition of Al/Ti or Al/Ag elements were investigated using DSC, DTA and XRD. The value of Tx, Trg and γ as a function of alloy composition shows a same trend, in which the Cu46Zr46Al8 alloy exhibits the largest value of Tx, Trg and γ. However, this trend is different from the variation of the dc with alloy composition, in which the Cu42Zr42Al8Ag8 alloy has the largest dc for glass formation. Trg′ based on Tg/Tm has a good correlation with the critical diameter for glass formation in this alloy system. It was found that the alloy with higher GFA has more complex precipitated crystalline phases from the as-cast rod with a diameter larger than the critical diameter for glass formation.


2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. 2307-2313 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.H. Wang ◽  
J.J. Lewandowski ◽  
A.L. Greer

Interest in finding binary alloys that can form bulk metallic glasses has stimulated recent work on the Cu–Zr system, which is known to show glass formation over a wide composition range. This work focuses on copper mold casting of Cu50Zr50 (at.%), and it is shown that fully amorphous rods up to 2-mm diameter can be obtained. The primary intermetallic phase competing with glass formation on cooling is identified, and the glass-forming ability is interpreted in terms of a metastable eutectic involving this phase. Minor additions of aluminum increase the glass-forming ability: with addition of 4 at.% Al to Cu50Zr50, rods of at least 5-mm diameter can be cast fully amorphous. The improvement of glass-forming ability is related to suppression of the primary intermetallic phase.


2002 ◽  
Vol 754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. P. Lu ◽  
C. T. Liu

ABSTRACTA new criterion γ, defined as Tx/(Tg+Tl) (where Tx is the onset crystallization temperature, Tg the glass transition temperature and Tl the liquidus temperature), has been proposed for glass formation in bulk metallic glasses (BMGs). The interrelationship between this new parameter and glass-forming ability (GFA) was elaborated and discussed in comparison with other established criteria. It was found that the new criterion γ had a much better correlation with GFA than other established parameters. An approximation of the critical cooling rate for glass formation was also formulated and evaluated in the light of this new parameter.


1998 ◽  
Vol 554 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Mizushima ◽  
A. Makino ◽  
S. Yoshida ◽  
A. Inoue

AbstractStructure, glass forming ability and soft magnetic properties for Fe-Al-Ga-P-C-B glassy alloy system were investigated in the compositional range of Fe from 69 to 78 at%, (Al+Ga) from 2 to 12 and (P+C+B) from 17 to 28. The saturation magnetization (σ5) rises gradually with increase of Fe concentration. The maximum value of 70K for supercooled liquid region (ΔTx=Tx-Tg, Tx: crystallization temperature, Tg: glass transition temperature:) and the maximum thickness of 180 μm for glass formation (tmax,) are found in the composition range around Fe=70at% and (Al+Ga)=7at%. The highest permeability (μc) of 20,000 at 1kHz and the lowest coercive force (Hc) of 2 A/m at the sample thickness of 30 μm can be also obtained at this composition. It was ascertained that the composition regions to yield the maximum glass forming ability and lowest magnetostriction were in agreement with that in which the most excellent soft magnetic properties were yielded. This results allow us to assume that the excellent soft magnetic properties for this glassy alloy system in the limited composition range are presumably due to high structural homogeneity resulting from significantly high glass-forming ability.


2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 688-699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Zhang ◽  
Mu-Jin Zhuo ◽  
Jian Xu

Bulk metallic glasses have been formed over a fairly wide composition range (54–62 at.% Ni, 32–36 at.% Nb, and 3–11 at.% Sn) in the Ni–Nb–Sn ternary system. Partial substitution of Co for Ni and Hf for Nb improves the glass-forming ability, eventually leading to 4 mm glassy rods at the Ni56Co3Nb28Hf8Sn5 composition. The positive effects of these alloying elements have been explained based on a systematic monitoring of the amount and morphology of the competing crystalline phases as a function of the Co and Hf contents.


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