Inspired by research into the association between icosahedral local orders and the plasticity of metallic glasses(MGs),beryllium(Be) is added to the icosahedral quasi-crystal forming alloy Zr40Ti40Ni20. In this way, b...Inspired by research into the association between icosahedral local orders and the plasticity of metallic glasses(MGs),beryllium(Be) is added to the icosahedral quasi-crystal forming alloy Zr40Ti40Ni20. In this way, bulk metallic glasses(BMGs) with favorable compressive plasticity are fabricated. Therein, the icosahedral quasi-crystalline phase is the main competing phase of amorphous phases and icosahedral local orders are the main local atomic motifs in amorphous phases.The alloys of(Zr40Ti40Ni20)76Be24and (Zr40Ti40Ni20)72Be28with their greater plastic strain capacity show similar characteristics to highly plastic amorphous systems: The serrated flow of compression curves always follows a near-exponential distribution. The primary and secondary shear bands intersect each other, bifurcate, and bend. Typical vein patterns are densely distributed on the fracture surfaces. The relaxation enthalpy of four MGs is linearly correlated with the plastic strain, that is, the greater the relaxation enthalpy, the larger the plastic strain.展开更多
The energy state and atomic level structure of metallic glasses(MGs)are very sensitive to their cooling rates,and a lower cooling rate generally causes a lower energy and more relaxed state of MGs.In this work,the Zr4...The energy state and atomic level structure of metallic glasses(MGs)are very sensitive to their cooling rates,and a lower cooling rate generally causes a lower energy and more relaxed state of MGs.In this work,the Zr41.2 Ti13.8 Cu12.5 Ni10 Be22.5(Vit.1)ribbons with a thickness of 40μm and 110μm and the strips with a thickness of 320μm and 490μm were produced by single-roll melt spinning and twin-roll casting,respectively.The increase in thickness of either ribbons or strips results in a lower energy state with a smaller relaxation enthalpy,a lower content of free volume,and a higher hardness.Although the cooling rate of the twin-roll produced 320μm-thick strip is almost one magnitude lower than that of the single-roll produced 110μm-thick ribbon,the former,however,possesses a rejuvenated energy state as compared to the latter.Molecular dynamics simulations reveal that the squeezing force during twin-roll casting affects the evolution of connection types of clusters,and the 2-atom and 4-atom connections are prone to be retained,which results in a higher energy state of MGs.Such a rejuvenation process during twin-roll casting can overwhelm the relaxation process caused by the lower cooling rate.Therefore,twin-roll casting is not only a method being capable for producing strips with a large thickness,but also prone to obtain a high energy state of the MG strip.展开更多
The deformation behavior in Zr36 Cu64 metallic glasses with pre-introduced indent-notches has been studied by molecular dynamics simulation at the atomic scale.The indent-notches can trigger the formation of densely-p...The deformation behavior in Zr36 Cu64 metallic glasses with pre-introduced indent-notches has been studied by molecular dynamics simulation at the atomic scale.The indent-notches can trigger the formation of densely-packed clusters composed of solid-like atoms in the indent-notch affected zone.These denselypacked clusters are highly resistant to the nucleation of shear bands.Hence,there is more tendency for the shear bands to nucleate outside the indent-notch affected zone,which enlarges the deformation region and enhances both the strengthening effect and the plastic deformation ability.For indent-notched MGs,when determining the initial yielding level,there is a competition process occurring between the densely-packed clusters leading to the shear band formation outside the indent-notch affected zone and the stress-concentration localizing deformation around the notch roots.When the indent-notch depth is small,the stress-concentration around the notch root plays a dominant role,leading to the shear bands initiating from the notch root,reminiscence of the cut-notches.As the indent-notch depth increases,there are many densely-packed clusters with high resistance to deformation in the indent-notch affected zone,leading to the shear band formation from the interface between the indent-notch affected zone and the matrix.Current research findings provide a feasible means for improving the strength and the plasticity of metallic glasses at room temperature.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2018YFA0703602)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51871193, 52271155 and 52271154)+2 种基金the Natural Science Foundation for Excellent Young Scholars of Hebei Province (Grant No. E2021203050)the Hundred Talent Program of Hebei Province (Grant No. E2020050018)the Hebei Province Innovation Ability Promotion Project (Grant No. 22567609H)。
文摘Inspired by research into the association between icosahedral local orders and the plasticity of metallic glasses(MGs),beryllium(Be) is added to the icosahedral quasi-crystal forming alloy Zr40Ti40Ni20. In this way, bulk metallic glasses(BMGs) with favorable compressive plasticity are fabricated. Therein, the icosahedral quasi-crystalline phase is the main competing phase of amorphous phases and icosahedral local orders are the main local atomic motifs in amorphous phases.The alloys of(Zr40Ti40Ni20)76Be24and (Zr40Ti40Ni20)72Be28with their greater plastic strain capacity show similar characteristics to highly plastic amorphous systems: The serrated flow of compression curves always follows a near-exponential distribution. The primary and secondary shear bands intersect each other, bifurcate, and bend. Typical vein patterns are densely distributed on the fracture surfaces. The relaxation enthalpy of four MGs is linearly correlated with the plastic strain, that is, the greater the relaxation enthalpy, the larger the plastic strain.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52271154,52271155,52102079,52201191)the Natural Science Foundation for Excellent Young Scholars of Hebei Province(E2021203050)+5 种基金the Hundred-Talent Program of Hebei Province(E2020050018,E2020050017)the National Major Scientific Instruments and Equipments Development Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China(52127808)the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFA0703602)Hebei Natural Science Foundation(E2022203108)the Science and Technology Project of Hebei Education Department(QN2022055)the Innovation Ability Promotion Project of Hebei(22567609H)supported by Hebei key lab for optimizing metal product technology and performance。
基金supported financially by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51790484,51701213 and 51801174)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2018YFB0703402)+2 种基金the Liaoning Revitalization Talents Program(Nos.XLYC1802078,XLYC1807062)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2018M633005)the Dongguan Innovative Research Team Program(No.2014607134).
文摘The energy state and atomic level structure of metallic glasses(MGs)are very sensitive to their cooling rates,and a lower cooling rate generally causes a lower energy and more relaxed state of MGs.In this work,the Zr41.2 Ti13.8 Cu12.5 Ni10 Be22.5(Vit.1)ribbons with a thickness of 40μm and 110μm and the strips with a thickness of 320μm and 490μm were produced by single-roll melt spinning and twin-roll casting,respectively.The increase in thickness of either ribbons or strips results in a lower energy state with a smaller relaxation enthalpy,a lower content of free volume,and a higher hardness.Although the cooling rate of the twin-roll produced 320μm-thick strip is almost one magnitude lower than that of the single-roll produced 110μm-thick ribbon,the former,however,possesses a rejuvenated energy state as compared to the latter.Molecular dynamics simulations reveal that the squeezing force during twin-roll casting affects the evolution of connection types of clusters,and the 2-atom and 4-atom connections are prone to be retained,which results in a higher energy state of MGs.Such a rejuvenation process during twin-roll casting can overwhelm the relaxation process caused by the lower cooling rate.Therefore,twin-roll casting is not only a method being capable for producing strips with a large thickness,but also prone to obtain a high energy state of the MG strip.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 51801174the Program for the Top Young Talents of Higher Learning Institutions of Hebei under Grant BJ2018021+2 种基金the National Key R&D Program of China under Grant 2018YFA0703602the Hong Kong Scholars Program under Grant XJ2017049support from the National Science Foundation under grant number CMMI 17-026。
文摘The deformation behavior in Zr36 Cu64 metallic glasses with pre-introduced indent-notches has been studied by molecular dynamics simulation at the atomic scale.The indent-notches can trigger the formation of densely-packed clusters composed of solid-like atoms in the indent-notch affected zone.These denselypacked clusters are highly resistant to the nucleation of shear bands.Hence,there is more tendency for the shear bands to nucleate outside the indent-notch affected zone,which enlarges the deformation region and enhances both the strengthening effect and the plastic deformation ability.For indent-notched MGs,when determining the initial yielding level,there is a competition process occurring between the densely-packed clusters leading to the shear band formation outside the indent-notch affected zone and the stress-concentration localizing deformation around the notch roots.When the indent-notch depth is small,the stress-concentration around the notch root plays a dominant role,leading to the shear bands initiating from the notch root,reminiscence of the cut-notches.As the indent-notch depth increases,there are many densely-packed clusters with high resistance to deformation in the indent-notch affected zone,leading to the shear band formation from the interface between the indent-notch affected zone and the matrix.Current research findings provide a feasible means for improving the strength and the plasticity of metallic glasses at room temperature.