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Enhancement of glass-forming ability and thermal stability of a soft magnetic Co75B25 metallic glass by micro-alloying Y and Nb

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Soft magnetic Co-based Co–Y–Nb–B bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) without Fe have been developed by micro-alloying Y and Nb into a Co75B25 alloy. First, addition of 3–4 at.% Y promotes the occurrence of glass transition and increases the supercooled liquid stability and magnetic softness. Co71.5Y3.5B25 metallic glass possesses a large supercooled liquid region (ΔTx) of 33 K and low coercivity (Hc) of 1.5 A/m. Subsequent alloying 2–4 at.% Nb into Co71.5Y3.5B25 alloy further enlarges ΔTx to 50 K, lowers Hc to 0.9 A/m, and enables the formation of BMGs with a critical sample diameter up to 2.0 mm. The alloying Nb causes the formation of complex (Co, Nb, Y)23B6 competing phase during crystallization and widens the melt undercooling during solidification, which improves the supercooled liquid stability and glass-forming ability, respectively. Co–Y–Nb–B BMGs also exhibit good soft magnetic and mechanical properties, i.e., low Hc of 0.9–1.2 A/m, relatively high saturation magnetic flux density of 0.36–0.57 T, high yielding strength of 3877–3930 MPa with plastic strain of 0.2%–0.3%, and high Vickers hardness of 1156–1201. The developed soft magnetic Co-based BMGs are promising for applications as structural and functional materials.

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This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51871039 and 51771039) and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2017YFB0903903).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion, and Electron Beams (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, Liaoning, China

    Feng Bao, Yan-hui Li, Xin-yu Liang & Wei Zhang

  2. Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, Liaoning, China

    Zheng-wang Zhu

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

    Yan Zhang

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Bao, F., Li, Yh., Zhu, Zw. et al. Enhancement of glass-forming ability and thermal stability of a soft magnetic Co75B25 metallic glass by micro-alloying Y and Nb. J. Iron Steel Res. Int. 28, 597–603 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42243-020-00489-8

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