Effect of oxygen impurity on crystallization of an undercooled bulk glass forming Zr-Ti-Cu-Ni-Al alloy

被引:343
作者
Lin, XH [1 ]
Johnson, WL [1 ]
Rhim, WK [1 ]
机构
[1] CALTECH,JET PROP LAB,PASADENA,CA 91109
来源
MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS JIM | 1997年 / 38卷 / 05期
关键词
bulk metallic glass; crystallization; impurity; undercooling; overheating; homogeneous nucleation; heterogeneous nucleation; electrostatic levitation; time-temperature-transformation diagram; critical cooling rate;
D O I
10.2320/matertrans1989.38.473
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
High vacuum, containerless, electrostatic levitation process has been used to study the undercooling and crystallization kinetics of a bulk glass forming Zr-Ti-Cu-Ni-Al alloy. The oxygen impurity level in the alloy has been found to play a crucial role in the crystallization kinetics of the undercooled melt. Overheating the melt above a critical threshold temperature results in enhancement subsequent undercooling. This crucial threshold temperature is found to be a function of the overall oxygen content of the alloy direct measurement of the time-temperature-trans formation (TTT) diagram for crystallization of the undercooled melt made following initial overheating above the threshold temperature show a strong dependence on overall oxygen concentration. An explanation of these observations is proposed.
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页码:473 / 477
页数:5
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