Dynamic relaxation processes are fundamental to understand the mechanical and physical properties of metallic glasses. In the current work, mechanical relaxations in a La30Ce30Al15Co25 bulk metallic glass were probed ...Dynamic relaxation processes are fundamental to understand the mechanical and physical properties of metallic glasses. In the current work, mechanical relaxations in a La30Ce30Al15Co25 bulk metallic glass were probed by dynamic mechanical analysis. In contrast to many metallic glasses, La30Ce30Al15Co25 metallic glass shows a pronounced slow β relaxation peak. Physical aging below the glass transition temperature Tgleads to an increase of the apparent activation energy and a decrease of the slow β relaxation magnitude. The correlation between the slow β relaxation and the main α relaxation is discussed.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51611130120,11772257 and11572249)supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.3102017HQZZ012 and3102018ZY010)+1 种基金the Astronautics Supporting Technology Foundation of Chinathe support of the Office of Naval Research for the work at NRL
文摘Dynamic relaxation processes are fundamental to understand the mechanical and physical properties of metallic glasses. In the current work, mechanical relaxations in a La30Ce30Al15Co25 bulk metallic glass were probed by dynamic mechanical analysis. In contrast to many metallic glasses, La30Ce30Al15Co25 metallic glass shows a pronounced slow β relaxation peak. Physical aging below the glass transition temperature Tgleads to an increase of the apparent activation energy and a decrease of the slow β relaxation magnitude. The correlation between the slow β relaxation and the main α relaxation is discussed.