J Mater Sci Technol ›› 2010, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (2): 146-150.

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Influences of Similar Elements on Glass Forming Ability and Magnetic Properties in Al-Ni-La Amorphous Alloy

Guihua Li, Weimin Wang, Xiufang Bian, Li Wang, Jiteng Zhang, Rui Li, Tao Huang   

  1. Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structureal Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
  • Received:2008-10-13 Revised:2009-03-09 Online:2010-02-28 Published:2010-02-28
  • Contact: Weimin Wang
  • Supported by:

    the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 50871061, 50871062, 50831003 and 50631010),
    the Excellent Youth Science and Technology Award of Shandong Province (No. 2008BS04020),
    the project NCET-06-584 and the National Basic Research Program of China ("973 Program", No. 2007CB613901) for financial supports

Abstract:

Similar element substitution has been applied for improving glass forming ability (GFA) in Al86Ni9La5 amorphous alloy. The effects of La-Ce and Ni-Co pairs on the GFA, magnetic properties and hardness of Al-Ni-La alloy were investigated by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), magnetometer and hardness-tester. The results show the GFA of the samples in the order of Al86(Ni0:5Co0:5)9(La0:5Ce0:5)5< Al86Ni9La586Ni9(La0:5Ce0:5)5, implying that similar element substitution has a limited enhancing effect on the GFA of the present Al-Ni-La alloy. In addition, the measured samples display a diamagnetic behavior at room temperature. The variations of diamagnetic behavior as well as the microhardness of the samples are strongly dependent on the  icrostructure, i.e., the amounts of the icosahedral structure and precipitates, after the similar element substitution in the Al-Ni-La alloy.

Key words: X-ray diffraction (XRD), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Diamagnetic behavior, Icosahedral structure