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Test environments and mechanical properties of Zr-base bulk amorphous alloys

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The mechanical properties of two Zr-base bulk amorphous alloys (BAA), Zr-10Al-30Cu-5Ni (BAA-10) and Zr-10Al-5Ti-17.9Cu-14.6Ni (BAA-11), were studied by both tensile and compressive tests at room temperature in various test environments. The BAA ingots up to 7 mm in diameter were successfully produced by both arc melting and drop casting and induction melting and injection casting. The BAA specimens deformed mainly elastically, followed by catastrophic failure along shear bands. Examination of the fracture region revealed ductile fracture features resulting from a substantial increase in temperature, which was attributable to the conversion of the stored elastic strain energy to heat. Surprisingly, “liquid droplets” located at major shear-band cracks adjacent to the fracture section were observed, indicating the occurrence of local melting during fracture. The angle orientation of shear bands, shear-band cracks, and fracture surfaces relative to the stress axis is quite different for BAA specimens tested in tension and compression. This suggests that both shear stress and normal stress may play a role in developing shear bands during plastic deformation. The tensile properties of BAAs were found to be insensitive to the test environment at room temperature. However, the reaction of BAAs with distilled water and heavy water was detected by laser desorption mass spectrometry (LDMS). These results suggest that moisture-induced hydrogen embrittlement in BAAs may be masked by catastrophic fracture following shear bands.

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    C. T. Liu (Group Leader), L. Heatherly (Research Staff Member), J. A. Horton (Research Staff Member), D. S. Easton (Consultant), C. A. Carmichael (Technologist), J. L. Wright (Technologist), J. H. Schneibel (Senior Staff Member) & M. H. Yoo (Senior Staff Member)

  2. the Life Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Japan

    C. H. Chen (Group Leader)

  3. the Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, 980-8577, Sendai, Japan

    A. Inoue (Professor)

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This article is based on a presentation made at the “Structure and Properties of Bulk Amorphous Alloys” Symposium as part of the 1997 Annual Meeting of TMS at Orlando, Florida, February 10–11, 1997, under the auspices of the TMS-EMPMD/SMD Alloy Phases and MDMD Solidification Committees, the ASM-MSD Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria, and Atomic Transport Committees, and sponsorship by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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Liu, C.T., Heatherly, L., Horton, J.A. et al. Test environments and mechanical properties of Zr-base bulk amorphous alloys. Metall Mater Trans A 29, 1811–1820 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-998-0004-6

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