Bulk metallic glasses formed by alloying the Cu₆Zr₅ cluster

Yanhui Li1), Qing Wang1), Jiang Wu1), Jianbing Qiang1), and Chuang Dong1,2) 1) State Key Lab of Materials Modification, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China 2) International Center of Materials Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China

摘 要：The bulk metallic glass formation in the Cu-Zr-M ternary systems by alloying of a binary basic Cu6Zr5 cluster was inves- tigated, where M stands for Sn, Mo, Ta, Nb, Ag, Al and Ti. The Cu6Zr5 cluster is a capped Archimedean antiprism that characterizes the local structure of the Cu10Zr7 crystalline phase. This cluster composition almost superposes with Cu-Zr eutectic Cu0.56Zr0.44. A se- ries of alloys along the cluster line （Cu6Zr5）1-xMx were examined for their glass forming abilities. Alloy rods with a diameter of 3 mm were prepared by copper mould suction casting method and analyzed by XRD and thermal analysis. The Cu-Zr based bulk metallic glasses were discovered with minor Nb, Sn, Mo, Ta additions （≤2at%） and Al, Ti, Ag （8at%≤concentration≤9at%）. The alloying mechanism was discussed in the light of atomic size, cluster-linking structure and electron concentration factors.

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