Excellent glass-forming ability in simple Cu50Zr50-based alloys

P Yu, HY Bai, MB Tang, WL Wang - Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2005 - Elsevier
On the basis of the novel binary CuZr bulk metallic glass (BMG), we report the excellent
glass-forming ability (GFA) in the simple Cu50Zr50-based BMG-forming alloys with minor Al …

Glass-forming ability and mechanical properties of the ternary Cu-Zr-Al and quaternary Cu-Zr-Al-Ag bulk metallic glasses

Q Zhang, W Zhang, G Xie, A Inoue - Materials transactions, 2007 - jstage.jst.go.jp
In the last decade, bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) have been developed in many
multicomponent alloy systems. 1) BMGs have been considered as the promising structural …

Enhanced glass forming ability and mechanical properties of new Cu-based bulk metallic glasses

YC Kim, JC Lee, PR Cha, JP Ahn, E Fleury - Materials Science and …, 2006 - Elsevier
The thermal stability, glass forming ability and mechanical properties of Cu–Zr–Al–M (M=
Ag, Be) bulk metallic glass alloys have been investigated. The glass forming ability in the Cu …

Superior glass-forming ability of CuZr alloys from minor additions

P Yu, HY Bai, WH Wang - Journal of Materials Research, 2006 - cambridge.org
We report a novel phenomenon in which minor element additions (∼ 1 at.%) can
dramatically enhance the glass-forming ability (GFA) of CuZr (Al) metallic alloy, which can …

The effect of Gd addition on the glass-forming ability of Cu–Zr–Al alloy

HM Fu, H Wang, HF Zhang, ZQ Hu - Scripta Materialia, 2006 - Elsevier
A new Cu-based bulk metallic glass of 10mm diameter was successfully prepared by a
conventional copper mold casting method using alloy Cu46Zr45Al7Gd2. The addition of Gd …

New Cu–Zr-based bulk metallic glasses with large diameters of up to 1.5 cm

Q Zhang, W Zhang, A Inoue - Scripta materialia, 2006 - Elsevier
Cu–Zr-based bulk glassy alloys are synthesized with high glass-forming ability in a Cu42−
xZr42+ xAg8Al8 system by copper mold casting. Bulk glassy alloys with a diameter of 10mm …

Compositional dependence of thermal, elastic, and mechanical properties in Cu–Zr–Ag bulk metallic glasses

G Duan, K De Blauwe, ML Lind, JP Schramm… - Scripta Materialia, 2008 - Elsevier
Starting from the two binary bulk glass formers in the Cu–Zr system, we systematically
investigated the compositional dependence of glass formation, thermal, elastic, and …

Preparation of Cu36Zr48Ag8Al8 bulk metallic glass with a diameter of 25 mm by copper mold casting

Q Zhang, W Zhang, A Inoue - Materials transactions, 2007 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) have been developed in a number of alloy systems in the last
decade. 1) BMGs have been considered as the promising structural and functional materials …

A new Cu–Hf–Al ternary bulk metallic glass with high glass forming ability and ductility

P Jia, H Guo, Y Li, J Xu, E Ma - Scripta Materialia, 2006 - Elsevier
We have discovered a new Cu-based bulk metallic glass (BMG). Although of a simple
Cu49Hf42Al9 ternary composition, the as-cast alloy is a monolithic, uniform BMG with a …

73 mm-diameter bulk metallic glass rod by copper mould casting

HB Lou, XD Wang, F Xu, SQ Ding, QP Cao… - Applied Physics …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
To be structural materials, the critical size is always a bottleneck of bulk metallic glasses
(BMGs) due to the cooling rate restriction. Here, we report a developed alloy of Zr 46 Cu …