Relating microstructure to magnetocaloric properties in RE_(36)Tb_(20)Co_(20)Al_(24)(RE=Gd,Dy or Ho)high-entropy metallic-glass microwires designed by binary eutectic clusters method

The new high-entropy metallic-glasses(HE-MGs)are designed by using Dy and Ho to replace Gd in Gd_(36)Tb_(20)Co_(20)Al_(24)alloy based on the binary eutectic clusters method.Compared with the equiatomic Gd 25 Tb 25 Co 25 Al 25 HE-MG,the non-equiatomic RE_(36)Tb_(20)Co_(20)Al_(24)(RE=Gd,Dy,or Ho)alloys show bet-ter glass-forming ability,which is attributed to the deep binary eutectic compositions used for alloy de-sign.All RE_(36)Tb_(20)Co_(20)Al_(24)alloys undergo second-order magnetic transition.An extreme peak value of magnetic entropy change is obtained as 10.3 J kg^(-1) K-1(5 T)for the Ho_(36)Tb_(20)Co_(20)Al_(24)alloy.In-situ high-energy synchrotron X-ray diffraction was conducted to observe the microstructural difference among non-equiatomic samples at cryogenic temperatures.The results indicate that Gd_(36)Tb_(20)Co_(20)Al_(24)alloy possesses a relatively large average value of the dispersion of local clusters at a low-temperature range.This,com-bined with the critical exponentβclose to 0.5 of Gd_(36)Tb_(20)Co_(20)Al_(24)alloy,leads to its widest working temperature span among non-equiatomic samples.This work successfully establishes the connection be-tween microstructure and magnetocaloric properties of HE-MGs,which is beneficial for understanding the physical mechanism of the magnetocaloric behaviors of HE-MGs.

Molecular Dynamics Study of Icosahedral Clusters in Ni-Zr Amorphous Alloys

Formation of icosahedral dusters in rapidly solidified binary amorphous NixZr100-x （x = 15, 33.3, 50, 66.7, 85） is studied by using molecular dynamics simulation methods. A large number of icosahedral dusters with 13 atoms （Ih13） were observed in NixZr100-x alloys, and most of them, even those in Zr-rich alloys, are found to be Ni-centred. Studies on the structures of Ni33.3Z66.7 obtained at different cooling rates demonstrate that most of iscosahedral dusters enhanced by decreasing cooling rates are also Ni-centred, The essentials of Ni atoms preferring to be the core of icosahedral clusters are illustrated with the criterion of energy minimization and the equilibrium interatomic distances between different atoms.

Compression Behaviour of Ni77P23 Amorphous Alloy up to 30.5 GPa

The compression behaviour of Ni77P23 amorphous alloy is investigated at room temperature in a diamond-anvil cell instrument using in-situ high pressure energy dispersive x-ray diffraction with a synchrotron radiation source. The equation of state is determined by fitting the experimental data according to the Birch-Murnaghan equation. It is found that the structure of Ni77P23 amorphous alloy is stable under pressures up to 30.5 GPa. Within the pressure range from zero to the experimental one, the pressure-induced structural relaxation is reversible.

Novel titanium particles reinforced Zr-based bulk metallic glass composites prepared by infiltration casting

A novel Ti/Zr41.2Ti13.8Cu12.5Ni10.0Be22.5 composite was successfully prepared by infiltrating the melt into sintered Ti preform. It shows that the introduction of Ti particles into the composite results in an increase in elastic strain to 3% and an enhancement of the strength up to 2.1 GPa. High specific strength has been obtained because of the decrease in density of the composite. It is suggested that an improvement in the mechanical properties of the composite may be attributed to the generation of multiple shear bands and some deformation in the Ti particles.

Correlation between jerky flow and jerky dynamics in a nanoscratch on a metallic glass film

Chaos has been well understood in dynamic system, however, how the chaotic behavior occur in jerky flow in material, is still not clear, and is lack of specific chaotic attractor. Here the jerky evolution of lateral force and the stair-like fluctuation of lateral displacement are observed for Ni62 Nb38(at.%) metallic glass film during nanoscratch process. This jerky flow is investigated by using the largest Lyapunov exponent, Kolmogorov entropy and fractal dimension, and chaotic behavior of lateral force-time and normal displacement-lateral displacement sequences is verified. In addition to time series analysis, it is found that jerk equation can be used to describe the jerky flow of the metallic-glass film during nanoscratch. More importantly, unambiguous chaotic attractor is presented by jerky dynamics using "jerk"-singularities, namely the total change rate of lateral force relative to scratch time. These reveal an inner connection between jerky flow and jerky dynamics in nanoscratch of a metallic-glass film.