A new centimeter-diameter Cu-based bulk metallic glass

  • Chun Li Dai
  • , Hua Guo
  • , Yong Shen
  • , Yi Li
  • , En Ma
  • , Jian Xu

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Abstract

One-centimeter diameter fully glassy rods have been obtained using copper mold casting at the Cu44.25Ag14.75Zr36Ti 5 composition. Starting from the ternary glass Cu60Zr 33Ti7 with a critical size of 3 mm, our search strategy in the quaternary composition tetrahedron enabled us to obtain the 10 mm glass by testing only about 40 alloy compositions. The dramatic increase in the glass-forming ability is attributed to the effects of Ag in stabilizing the liquid.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1403-1408
Number of pages6
JournalScripta Materialia
Volume54
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Bulk amorphous materials
  • Copper
  • Glass-forming ability
  • Metallic glasses

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