Ni-based bulk metallic glass formation in the Ni-Nb-Sn and Ni-Nb-Sn-X (X = B,Fe,Cu) alloy systems

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Choi-Yim, H [1 ]
Xu, DH [1 ]
Johnson, WL [1 ]
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[1] CALTECH, WM Keck Lab Engn Mat, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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10.1063/1.1544434
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Refractory Ni-based bulk metallic glasses are formed in the three-component Ni-Nb-Sn system near a ternary eutectic composition located within the three-phase field bounded by the three intermetallics Ni3Nb, Ni6Nb7 (mu-phase), and Ni2NbSn (BiF3-type). Bulk amorphous alloys of composition Ni60Nb40-xSnx with 3<x<9 were prepared by injection-casting the molten alloys into copper models. X-ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry studies show the cast strips to be fully amorphous up to thicknesses from 0.5 to 3 mm as x is varied. Maximum glass-forming ability (GFA) observed when x is between 6 and 7. These refractory bulk amorphous alloys exhibit high glass transition temperatures 881<T-g<895 K, a large, stable, undercooled liquid region with DeltaT=T-x-T-g, at similar to40-60 K, very high Vickers hardness (VHsimilar to1000-1280 Kg/mm(2)), and estimated yield strengths in the range of 3 to 3.8 GPa. The effects of small quaternary additions of B and Fe on the GFA of the ternary alloys are also reported. (C) 2003 American Institute of Physics.
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