Crystallization temperature of the metallic glass Zr_(70)Cu_(30),observed by X-ray diffraction analysis,may be increased about 20℃,the superior limit of increase range of the temperature is about 30℃,under high pres...Crystallization temperature of the metallic glass Zr_(70)Cu_(30),observed by X-ray diffraction analysis,may be increased about 20℃,the superior limit of increase range of the temperature is about 30℃,under high pressure up to 2GPa.Besides α-Zr and CuZr_2, the Cu_(10)Zr_7 phase was newly obtained as another crystallization product.展开更多
A larger-scale Mg70Zn30 alloy system including 100000 atoms has been simulated by using the molecular dynamics method to investigate the icosahedral medium-range order （IMRO） formed in the MgToZn30 metallic glass. I...A larger-scale Mg70Zn30 alloy system including 100000 atoms has been simulated by using the molecular dynamics method to investigate the icosahedral medium-range order （IMRO） formed in the MgToZn30 metallic glass. It is found that the simulated pair distribution function of Mg70Zn30 metallic glass is in good agreement with the experimental results. The glass transition temperature Tg is near 450 K under the cooling rate of 1×10^12 K/s. The icosahedral local structures play a critical role in the formation of metallic glass, and they are the dominant local configurations in the Mg70Zn30 metallic glass. The IMRO in the Mg70Zn30 metallic glass is characterized by certain types of extended icosahedral clusters combined by intercross-sharing atoms in the form of chains or dendrites. The size distributions of these IMRO clusters present a magic number sequence of 19, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39,..., and the magic clusters can be classified into three types according to their compactness. The IMRO clusters grow rapidly in a low-dimensional way with cooling, but this growth is limited near Tg.展开更多
X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) wereemployed to investigate the influence of Ni content on the crystallization of amorphousZr_(70)Cu_(30-x)Ni_x (atom fraction in percent) alloys. Ex...X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) wereemployed to investigate the influence of Ni content on the crystallization of amorphousZr_(70)Cu_(30-x)Ni_x (atom fraction in percent) alloys. Experimental results show that with the Nicontent increasing the activation energies for crystallization of amorphous Zr_(70)Cu_(30-x)Ni_xalloys increase correspondingly, indicating that the thermal stability is greatly improved. All theDSC traces of amorphous Zr_(70)Cu_(30-x)Ni_x alloys exhibit two exothermic peaks, suggesting thatthe crystallization process proceeds via a double-stage mode. The first exothermic peak at lowertemperature mainly corresponds to the precipitation and growth of Zr_2Cu particles, while the secondone corresponds to the precipitation of nano-scale Zr_2Ni phase and crystallization of residualamorphous phase. The mechanism on the crystallization of amorphous Zr_(70)Cu_(30-x)Ni_x alloys wasdiscussed.展开更多
文摘Crystallization temperature of the metallic glass Zr_(70)Cu_(30),observed by X-ray diffraction analysis,may be increased about 20℃,the superior limit of increase range of the temperature is about 30℃,under high pressure up to 2GPa.Besides α-Zr and CuZr_2, the Cu_(10)Zr_7 phase was newly obtained as another crystallization product.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50831003)the Special Fund for Basic Scientific Research of Central Colleges, Chang’an Univeristy (Grant No. CHD2009JC169)
文摘A larger-scale Mg70Zn30 alloy system including 100000 atoms has been simulated by using the molecular dynamics method to investigate the icosahedral medium-range order （IMRO） formed in the MgToZn30 metallic glass. It is found that the simulated pair distribution function of Mg70Zn30 metallic glass is in good agreement with the experimental results. The glass transition temperature Tg is near 450 K under the cooling rate of 1×10^12 K/s. The icosahedral local structures play a critical role in the formation of metallic glass, and they are the dominant local configurations in the Mg70Zn30 metallic glass. The IMRO in the Mg70Zn30 metallic glass is characterized by certain types of extended icosahedral clusters combined by intercross-sharing atoms in the form of chains or dendrites. The size distributions of these IMRO clusters present a magic number sequence of 19, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39,..., and the magic clusters can be classified into three types according to their compactness. The IMRO clusters grow rapidly in a low-dimensional way with cooling, but this growth is limited near Tg.
基金This work is financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 59871025).
文摘X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) wereemployed to investigate the influence of Ni content on the crystallization of amorphousZr_(70)Cu_(30-x)Ni_x (atom fraction in percent) alloys. Experimental results show that with the Nicontent increasing the activation energies for crystallization of amorphous Zr_(70)Cu_(30-x)Ni_xalloys increase correspondingly, indicating that the thermal stability is greatly improved. All theDSC traces of amorphous Zr_(70)Cu_(30-x)Ni_x alloys exhibit two exothermic peaks, suggesting thatthe crystallization process proceeds via a double-stage mode. The first exothermic peak at lowertemperature mainly corresponds to the precipitation and growth of Zr_2Cu particles, while the secondone corresponds to the precipitation of nano-scale Zr_2Ni phase and crystallization of residualamorphous phase. The mechanism on the crystallization of amorphous Zr_(70)Cu_(30-x)Ni_x alloys wasdiscussed.
