Ternary Sm-based Sm-Al-Co alloys at specific compositions designed using an e/a- and cluster-related criteria exhibit high glass forming abilities and form bulk glassy rods of 3 mm in diameter by a copper mold suction...Ternary Sm-based Sm-Al-Co alloys at specific compositions designed using an e/a- and cluster-related criteria exhibit high glass forming abilities and form bulk glassy rods of 3 mm in diameter by a copper mold suction-casting method. Four composi- tions of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) are Sm50Al25Co25, Sm52Al24Co24, Sm54Al23Co23 and Sm56Al22Co22, which all satisfy a constant conduction electron concentration of 1.5. Among them, the BMG exhibiting the largest reduced glass transition temperature (Trg) is Sm50Al25Co25, which reaches 0.648. The glass transition temperature Tg and the onset crystallization temperature Tx of this alloy are respectively 579 and 640 K at a heating rate of 20 K/min.展开更多
A new series of Sm-Cu-Ni-Al bulk metallic glasses were prepared by suction casting. Their glass-forming ability and thermal stability were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential scanning calorimetry ...A new series of Sm-Cu-Ni-Al bulk metallic glasses were prepared by suction casting. Their glass-forming ability and thermal stability were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The results of DSC indicate that the alloy components strongly affect the widths of supercooled liquid region (ΔT_x=T_x-T_g onset). The widths of supercooled liquid region for Sm_ 70-xCu_xNi_ 10Al_ 20 (x=12.5, 15.0, 17.5), Sm_ 65-xCu_ 15Ni_xAl_ 20 (x=8, 10, 12) and Sm_ 75-xCu_ 15Ni_ 10Al_x (x=15, 20, 25) increase first and then decrease with the increase of x atomic fraction. And Sm_ 55Cu_ 15Ni_ 10Al_ 20 alloy was found to be with the largest width and it can be cast into bulk metallic glass with up to 3 mm in diameter. The glass-forming ability of the alloys was explained in terms of Miedema′s theory, electronegativity difference and atomic size parameter of the amorphous alloys.展开更多
基金This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.50401020, 50671018 and 50631010)the Provincial Science and Technology Foundation of Liaoning (No.20061067).
文摘Ternary Sm-based Sm-Al-Co alloys at specific compositions designed using an e/a- and cluster-related criteria exhibit high glass forming abilities and form bulk glassy rods of 3 mm in diameter by a copper mold suction-casting method. Four composi- tions of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) are Sm50Al25Co25, Sm52Al24Co24, Sm54Al23Co23 and Sm56Al22Co22, which all satisfy a constant conduction electron concentration of 1.5. Among them, the BMG exhibiting the largest reduced glass transition temperature (Trg) is Sm50Al25Co25, which reaches 0.648. The glass transition temperature Tg and the onset crystallization temperature Tx of this alloy are respectively 579 and 640 K at a heating rate of 20 K/min.
文摘A new series of Sm-Cu-Ni-Al bulk metallic glasses were prepared by suction casting. Their glass-forming ability and thermal stability were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The results of DSC indicate that the alloy components strongly affect the widths of supercooled liquid region (ΔT_x=T_x-T_g onset). The widths of supercooled liquid region for Sm_ 70-xCu_xNi_ 10Al_ 20 (x=12.5, 15.0, 17.5), Sm_ 65-xCu_ 15Ni_xAl_ 20 (x=8, 10, 12) and Sm_ 75-xCu_ 15Ni_ 10Al_x (x=15, 20, 25) increase first and then decrease with the increase of x atomic fraction. And Sm_ 55Cu_ 15Ni_ 10Al_ 20 alloy was found to be with the largest width and it can be cast into bulk metallic glass with up to 3 mm in diameter. The glass-forming ability of the alloys was explained in terms of Miedema′s theory, electronegativity difference and atomic size parameter of the amorphous alloys.