J Mater Sci Technol ›› 2010, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (10): 908-913.

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Dynamic Tensile Property of Zr-based Metallic Glass/Porous W Phase Composite

Yunfei Xue, LuWang, Huanwu Cheng, FuchiWang, Haifeng Zhang, AimingWang   

  1. 1) School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
    2) Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
  • Received:2009-07-23 Revised:2010-03-26 Online:2010-10-31 Published:2010-10-29
  • Contact: Yun-fei XUE
  • Supported by:

    the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10872032).

Abstract: The dynamic tensile deformation and fracture behavior of the Zr-based metallic glass/porous W phase composite were investigated at room temperature by means of the Split Hopkinson Tension Bar (SHTB). It was found that the composite exhibited no appreciable macroscopic plastic deformation prior to catastrophic fracture and the fracture surface was perpendicular to the axial direction. Substantive micro cracks were observed along the interface between W grains or the interface between the metallic glass phase and the W phase. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observations revealed that vein-like patterns, dimple-like patterns and substantive ridge-like structures were the typical fracture morphologies on the fracture surface for the metallic glass phase and the morphology of the W phase is a mixture of intergranular and transgranular fracture. Based on those results referred above, the dynamic tensile deformation and fracture mechanism of the Zr-based metallic glass/porous W phase composite were discussed in detail.

Key words: Metallic glasses, Porous W, Composite, Dynamic tension, Fracture behavior