A β-Ti dendrite reinforced Zr-based bulk metallic glass composite(BMGC) was found to be brittle when cast in a large size. The reasons for the embrittlement and the effectiveness of the cryothermal cycling(CTC) treat...A β-Ti dendrite reinforced Zr-based bulk metallic glass composite(BMGC) was found to be brittle when cast in a large size. The reasons for the embrittlement and the effectiveness of the cryothermal cycling(CTC) treatment in restoring the mode I fracture toughness are examined. Plasticity in all the CTC treated BMGC is estimated from the distribution and occurrence of pop-ins in nanoindentation tests and by measuring the magnitude of enthalpy of relaxation(△H_(rel)) via differential scanning calorimetry(DSC). This is further validated by examining the strain-to-failure(ε_(f)) in compression tests. Mode I fracture behaviour of the as-cast embrittled BMGC and the CTC treated BMGC, which exhibits maximum plasticity, is examined. Results show that both BMGCs are equally brittle and exhibit 5 times lower notch toughness(K_(QJ))than their tougher counterpart. Post-facto imaging of the side surfaces reveals the absence of notch-tip plasticity in both BMGCs. The lack of notch tip plasticity of CTC treated BMGC, despite exhibiting signatures of plasticity in nanoindentation and higher △Hrelis rationalized by reassessing the origin of pop-ins in nanoindentation tests and describing the variations in chemical and topological short range ordering during CTC, respectively. Implications of these results in terms of improving the fracture toughness of structurally relaxed BMGCs via CTC are discussed.展开更多
基金supported through the Start-up research grant (No.SRG/2020/000095) of Science and Engineering Research Board,DST,Go INanyang Technological University was supported by the funding from A*STAR via the Structural Metals and Alloys Programme (No.A18B1b0061)+2 种基金Institute of Metal Research CAS was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.52171164 and 51790484)the National Key Research and Development Program (No.2018YFB0703402)the Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS (No.2021188)。
文摘A β-Ti dendrite reinforced Zr-based bulk metallic glass composite(BMGC) was found to be brittle when cast in a large size. The reasons for the embrittlement and the effectiveness of the cryothermal cycling(CTC) treatment in restoring the mode I fracture toughness are examined. Plasticity in all the CTC treated BMGC is estimated from the distribution and occurrence of pop-ins in nanoindentation tests and by measuring the magnitude of enthalpy of relaxation(△H_(rel)) via differential scanning calorimetry(DSC). This is further validated by examining the strain-to-failure(ε_(f)) in compression tests. Mode I fracture behaviour of the as-cast embrittled BMGC and the CTC treated BMGC, which exhibits maximum plasticity, is examined. Results show that both BMGCs are equally brittle and exhibit 5 times lower notch toughness(K_(QJ))than their tougher counterpart. Post-facto imaging of the side surfaces reveals the absence of notch-tip plasticity in both BMGCs. The lack of notch tip plasticity of CTC treated BMGC, despite exhibiting signatures of plasticity in nanoindentation and higher △Hrelis rationalized by reassessing the origin of pop-ins in nanoindentation tests and describing the variations in chemical and topological short range ordering during CTC, respectively. Implications of these results in terms of improving the fracture toughness of structurally relaxed BMGCs via CTC are discussed.
