Gold based bulk metallic glass

J Schroers, B Lohwongwatana, WL Johnson… - Applied Physics …, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
Gold-based bulk metallic glass alloys based on Au–Cu–Si are introduced. The alloys exhibit
a gold content comparable to 18-karat gold. They show very low liquidus temperature, large …

Precious bulk metallic glasses for jewelry applications

J Schroers, B Lohwongwatana, WL Johnson… - Materials Science and …, 2007 - Elsevier
Families of bulk metallic glass (BMG) forming alloys based on precious metal platinum and
gold are introduced. The gold-based BMGs have a gold content resulting in 18karat alloy …

New Au-based bulk glassy alloys with ultralow glass transition temperature

W Zhang, H Guo, MW Chen, Y Saotome, CL Qin… - Scripta Materialia, 2009 - Elsevier
New Au-based glassy alloys with high Au contents of∼ 60–70at.% have been found to
exhibit an ultralow glass transition temperature (∼ 66–86° C), a high glass-forming ability …

Bulk metallic glasses in the Zr-Al-Ni-Cu system

W Chen, Y Wang, J Qiang, C Dong - Acta Materialia, 2003 - Elsevier
Electron concentration and atomic size rules are important criteria for bulk metallic glass
formation. According to these rules, a series of new Zr-Al-Ni-Cu amorphous alloys with a …

Enhancement of the glass forming ability of Cu− Zr− Al alloys by Ag addition

DS Sung, OJ Kwon, E Fleury, KB Kim, JC Lee… - Metals and materials …, 2004 - Springer
The thermal stability and glass forming ability of Cu 50-x Zr 43 Al 7 Ag x (x= 0, 1, 3, 5, and 7)
bulk metallic glass alloys have been investigated. The glass forming ability in the Cu− Zr …

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 …

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 …

Unusual glass-forming ability of bulk amorphous alloys based on ordinary metal copper

D Xu, G Duan, WL Johnson - Physical review letters, 2004 - APS
We report the unusual glass-forming ability (GFA) of a family of Cu-based alloys, Cu 46 Zr 47-
x Al 7 Y x (0< x≤ 10, in at.%), and investigate the origin of this unique property. By an …

A new centimeter–diameter Cu-based bulk metallic glass

CL Dai, H Guo, Y Shen, Y Li, E Ma, J Xu - Scripta materialia, 2006 - Elsevier
One-centimeter diameter fully glassy rods have been obtained using copper mold casting at
the Cu44. 25Ag14. 75Zr36Ti5 composition. Starting from the ternary glass Cu60Zr33Ti7 with …

Bulk metallic glass formation in Zr–Cu–Fe–Al alloys

K Jin, JF Löffler - Applied Physics Letters, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
We have discovered a series of bulk metallic glass-forming alloys of composition (Zr x Cu
100− x) 80 (Fe 40 Al 60) 20 with x= 68–77 and have investigated them by x-ray diffraction …