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Effects of microalloying on the isothermal and non-isothermal crystallization behaviors of TiZrSi-based metallic glasses

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Understanding glass formation behaviors of Ti-based metallic glasses (MGs) which contain only nontoxic elements is of great importance not only to unveiling the glass formation mechanism in MGs but also to the application of MGs as biomaterials. In this work, to examine the effects of microalloying on glass formation in toxic-element-free TiZrSi-based MGs, both isothermal and non-isothermal crystallization behaviors of Ti42Zr40Si15Ta3, Ti42Zr40Si15Sn3, and Ti42Zr40Si10Sn3Ge5 MGs are characterized. The Avrami exponents n obtained from isothermal crystallization processes for Ti42Zr40Si15Ta3, Ti42Zr40Si15Sn3, and Ti42Zr40Si10Sn3Ge5 MGs are 2.54 ~ 2.90, 2.72 ~ 3.19, and 2.80 ~ 3.35, respectively. The isothermal crystallization activation energies \(E_{{{\text{c}}1}}\) for Ti42Zr40Si15Ta3, Ti42Zr40Si15Sn3, and Ti42Zr40Si10Sn3Ge5 MGs are also derived as 259.89 ± 19.45 kJ/mol, 262.39 ± 15.80 kJ/mol, and 359.25 ± 17.21 kJ/mol, respectively. The non-isothermal crystallization activation energies \(E_{{{\text{c}}2}}\) obtained from continuous heating tests for Ti42Zr40Si15Ta3, Ti42Zr40Si15Sn3, and Ti42Zr40Si10Sn3Ge5 MGs are estimated as 535.84 ± 27.35 kJ/mol, 660.46 ± 42.15 kJ/mol, and 473.65 ± 48.04 kJ/mol, respectively. Based on the crystallization activation energies and the Avrami exponents, the isothermal crystallization kinetics of all the 3 TiZrSi-based MGs are inferred to be interface-controlled crystal growth with negligible nucleation rate. As to the non-isothermal crystallization kinetics, it is found that the substitution of Ta by Sn does not alter much the contributions of nucleation and growth in crystallization and that the substitution of Si by Ge in the Ti42Zr40Si10Sn3Ge5 MG significantly reduces the contribution of nucleation. These results would help to advance current knowledge on glass formation in TiZrSi-based MGs.

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This work was financially supported by the National Nature and Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 51701082 and 52071276, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.

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Song, Y., Peng, L., Zhang, M. et al. Effects of microalloying on the isothermal and non-isothermal crystallization behaviors of TiZrSi-based metallic glasses. J Mater Sci 57, 7980–7996 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-022-07177-w

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