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Critical size and strength of the best bulk metallic glass former in the Mg-Cu-Gd ternary system

  • Q. Zheng
  • , S. Cheng
  • , J. H. Strader
  • , E. Ma
  • , J. Xu
  • CAS - Institute of Metal Research
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • University of Tennessee

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Abstract

We have developed a Mg61Cu28Gd11 bulk metallic glass (BMG) that has the highest glass-forming ability among all the known ternary Mg-based BMGs. We also used a microcompression test to determine the intrinsic strength of such brittle Mg-based BMGs. The strength and plasticity of BMGs at small sample sizes are discussed in comparison with their behavior in conventional compression tests.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)161-164
Number of pages4
JournalScripta Materialia
Volume56
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Bulk metallic glasses
  • Magnesium
  • Microcompression
  • Plasticity
  • Strength

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