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Pronounced enhancement of glass-forming ability of Fe-Si-B-P bulk metallic glass in oxygen atmosphere

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It is widely accepted that oxygen will severely deteriorate the glass-forming ability (GFA) of an alloy. In this work, we report that the GFA of a Fe76Si9B10P5 glassy alloy can be significantly improved (the critical diameter for fully glass formation is increased from 1 to 3 mm) under oxygen casting atmosphere. Furthermore, the pressure of oxygen atmosphere gives an obvious enhancement in the critical diameter of Fe76Si9B10P5 glassy alloy. A dependence of GFA on casting atmosphere species (argon, nitrogen, air, and oxygen) is also observed for this glassy alloy, and its critical diameter is 1, 1.5, 2.5, and 3 mm, respectively. In addition, the Fe-based glassy alloy exhibits excellent soft magnetic properties regardless of the applied casting atmosphere. The mechanism for such an unusual oxygen effect on the GFA of Fe76Si9B10P5 glassy alloy is attributed to the reduced nucleation rate caused by the enhancement of surface tension of the alloy melt.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51201174 and 51377113) and the Qualified Personnel Foundation of Taiyuan University of Technology (QPFT) (No: tyutrc-201370a).

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  1. Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Application Technology, Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhenhai District, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315201, China

    Chuntao Chang

  2. College of Electrical and Power Engineering, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Coal Mining Equipment and Safety Control, Taiyuan University of Technology, Wanbolin District, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030024, China

    Jianhua Zhang

  3. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Jiangning District, Nanjing, 211189, China

    Baolong Shen

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics, Beijing, 100190, China

    Weihua Wang

  5. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Zhenhai District, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315201, China

    Akihisa Inoue

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Chang, C., Zhang, J., Shen, B. et al. Pronounced enhancement of glass-forming ability of Fe-Si-B-P bulk metallic glass in oxygen atmosphere. Journal of Materials Research 29, 1217–1222 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2014.96

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