Amorphous forming ranges of Al-Fe-Nd-Zr system predicted by Miedema and geometrical models

A method based on the semi-empirical Miedema model and a geometrical model was used to study the glass forming abili-ties （GFA） and the amorphous forming ranges of Al-Fe-Nd-Zr system and its constituent ternary systems. The amorphous forming composition ranges were analyzed based on different criteria such asΔGam-ss and PHSS （PHSS=ΔHchem （ΔSC/R）（ΔSσ/R）） for Al-Fe-Nd system. The predicted amorphous forming range was in good agreement with the experimental results. The results showed that the criterion ofΔGam-ss was more accurate, and agreed well with the experiment results. The Gibbs free energy differenceΔGam-ss and pa-rameter PHSS were then used to predict the amorphous forming composition range for the rest of the constitutive ternary systems of Al-Fe-Nd-Zr. In addition, the amorphous forming composition ranges of the （Al-Fe-Zr）100-xNdx （x=50, 60, 70） systems were predicted byΔGam-ss and the modified parameter PHSS. The Gibbs free energy of Al10（Fe1-xZrx）30Nd60 were also calculated. The GFA parameter PHSS indicated that the composition with the highest GFA was Al33.5Fe13.5Zr3Nd50 for the （Al-Fe-Zr）50Nd50 system, Al28.8Fe10Zr1.2Nd60 for the （Al-Fe-Zr）40Nd60 system and Al22.8Fe6.9Zr0.3Nd70 for the （Al-Fe-Zr）30Nd70 system, and the results suggested that those alloys with high content of Al had higher GFA. The appropriate content of neodymium and zirconium resulted in the lower value of PHSS and increased the GFA obviously.

Forming regularity and relation between composition and property of B_2O_3-BaO-ZnO glass

B2O3-BaO-ZnO glass was prepared by using conventional melt quenching technology. The forming regularity and the relationship between the composition and the property of B2O3BaOZnO glass were investigated. The results show that the composition range for forming B2O3BaOZnO glass is very wide, but the content of B2O3 has a limit within mole fraction of 25%75%. When the content of B2O3 is over the limit, the melt will be divided into two phases with different compositions and structures, whereas too low content of B2O3 will result in the crystallization of the melt during the cooling process. The thermal expansion coefficient, the transition temperature and the resistivity of the glass at room temperature are （510）×10 -6℃ -1, 480620℃ and （1.53.0）×10 10Ω·m, respectively.

AMORPHIZATION IN Nb-M (M=Fe, Co, Ni) BINARY METAL SYSTEMS INDUCED BY ION BEAM ASSISTED DEPOSITION (IBAD)

Ion beam assisted deposition technique (IBAD) was utilized to systematically study amorphization in binary metal systems of Nb-magnetic element, i.e., Nb-M (M=Fe, Co or Ni). The glass forming range termed as Nb fraction of Nb-Fe system was about 34at.% to 56at.%, that of Nb-Co system was about 32at.% to 72at.% and that of Nb-Ni about 20at. % to 80at. %. Similar percolation patterns were found in amorphous alloy films. The fractal dimensions of the percolation patterns approach to 2, which indicates 2-D layer growth for amorphous phases. It is regarded that the assisted Ar+ ion beam during the deposition process plays important role for the 2-D layer growth. Some metastable crystalline phases were obtained in these three systems by IBAD, e.g., bcc supersaturated solid solutions in Nb-Fe and Nb-Co systems, fcc and hcp phases in Nb-Co and Nb-Ni systems. The formation and competing between the amorphous and the metastable crystalline phases were determined by both the phases' thermodynamic states in binary metal systems and kinetics during IBAD process.