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Roles of alloying additions on local structure and glass-forming ability of Cu–Zr metallic glasses

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To identify the structural role of alloying element M (M = Ti, Ga, Co, Fe) on the glass-forming ability (GFA) of Cu50Zr50 base alloy, the atomic structures of the binary and ternary metallic glasses were examined by extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy. The EXAFS curve-fitting analysis indicates that the main structural difference among the metallic glasses is in the atomic packing density of Cu-centered clusters. The relative shortening of the Cu–M distance is closely related to the heat of mixing between Cu and M: the more negative the heat of mixing, the larger is the shortening of the Cu–M distance. Based on a systematic analysis of the component properties and GFA data for Cu–Zr based alloys, it is suggested that alloying elements that bring a more uniform distribution of atomic size and possess strong chemical interactions with the main components should be selected in developing large-size bulk metallic glasses.

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The authors thank the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Shanghai for the use of the synchrotron radiation facilities (Grants No. 10sr0345 and 11sr0250). Financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants No. 51071103 and 50831003) and the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2011CB610405) are gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, People’s Republic of China

    B. F. Lu, L. T. Kong, J. F. Li & Y. H. Zhou

  2. Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201204, People’s Republic of China

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Lu, B.F., Kong, L.T., Jiang, Z. et al. Roles of alloying additions on local structure and glass-forming ability of Cu–Zr metallic glasses. J Mater Sci 49, 496–503 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-013-7725-7

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