J. Mater. Sci. Technol. ›› 2009, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (01): 39-47.

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Complete Composition Tunability of Cu(Ni)-Ti-Zr Alloys for Bulk Metallic Glass Formation

徐坚   

  1. 中国科学院金属所
  • 收稿日期:2008-03-26 修回日期:2008-04-10 出版日期:2009-01-28 发布日期:2009-10-10
  • 通讯作者: 徐坚

Complete Composition Tunability of Cu(Ni)-Ti-Zr Alloys for Bulk Metallic Glass Formation

Ze-xiu Zhang, Chun-li Dai, Jian Xu   

  1. Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72
    Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China
  • Received:2008-03-26 Revised:2008-04-10 Online:2009-01-28 Published:2009-10-10
  • Contact: Jian Xu

关键词: Bulk metallic glasses , Amorphous alloys ,  Eutectic ,  Copper

Abstract: In the Cu-Zr-Ti ternary system, a new composition zone of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) formation was discov-ered, locating at the 55-57 at. pct Cu, 30-31 at. pct Ti and 13-14 at. pct Zr, and near Cu-Ti binary subsystem rather than the Cu-Zr binary. For these alloys, BMG rods of 2 mm in diameter can be fabricated by using copper mould casting. It is expected that these BMG-forming alloys correlate with (L→CuTi+Cu2TiZr+Cu51Zr14) eutectic reaction that the undercooled melt undergoes during solidification. Adopting "3D pinpointing ap-proach", compositional dependence of glass-forming ability (GFA) in Cu(Ni)-Ti-Zr pseudo ternary system was revisited. Optimized BMG-forming composition is located at Cu50.4Ni5.6Ti31Zr13, with a critical diameter of 6 mm for complete BMG formation. Its GFA is significantly superior to Vit 101 (Cu47Ni8Ti34Zr11) previously developed by Caltech group. The effect that the GFA of the ternary base alloy was improved by substitution of Ni for Cu is attributed to a role of retarding the crystallization of Cu51Zr14 intermetallics.

Key words: Bulk metallic glasses , Amorphous alloys ,  Eutectic ,  Copper