Unusual Glass-Forming Ability of Bulk Amorphous Alloys Based on Ordinary Metal Copper
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- 16 June 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 92 (24), 245504
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.92.245504
Abstract
We report the unusual glass-forming ability (GFA) of a family of Cu-based alloys, (, in at. %), and investigate the origin of this unique property. By an injection mold casting method, these alloys can be readily solidified into amorphous structures with the smallest dimension ranging from 4 mm up to 1 cm without detectable crystallinity. Such superior GFA is found primarily due to the alloying effect of Y, which lowers the alloy liquidus temperature and brings the composition closer to a quaternary eutectic. Other beneficial factors including appropriate atomic-size mismatch and large negative heat of mixing among constituent elements are also discussed.
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