Published September 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Equilibrium viscosity of Zr-Cu-Ni-Al-Nb bulk metallic glasses

  • 1. Saarland University, Chair for Metallic Materials, Campus C6.3, D-66123 Saarbruecken (Germany)

Description

The equilibrium viscosities of the Zr57Cu15.4Ni12.6Al10Nb5 and Zr58.5Cu15.6Ni12.8Al10.3Nb2.8 bulk metallic glasses are determined in three-point beam-bending experiments. The experimental data are described by the Vogel-Fulcher-Tammann equation. The fragility parameters are found to be 35.2 and 21.0, respectively. Viscosity measurements close to the glass transition show an initial relaxation into the supercooled liquid region, followed by partial crystallization of the amorphous matrix. This is evidenced by a dramatic increase in the viscosity into a new, metastable composition for longer annealing times.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2010.06.008

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.scriptamat.2010.06.008;
PII
S1359-6462(10)00393-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Scripta Materialia
Journal Volume
63
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 573-576
ISSN
1359-6462
CODEN
SCMAF7

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
45024384
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; AMORPHOUS STATE; ANNEALING; BENDING; COPPER ALLOYS; CRYSTALLIZATION; MATRIX MATERIALS; METALLIC GLASSES; NICKEL ALLOYS; NIOBIUM ALLOYS; RELAXATION; VISCOSITY; ZIRCONIUM BASE ALLOYS
Descriptors DEC
ALLOYS; DEFORMATION; HEAT TREATMENTS; MATERIALS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS

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