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Structure and properties of a nanoscaled composition modulated metallic glass

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the possibilities offered by severe plastic deformation to prepare nanoscaled composites based on a bulk metallic glass. High pressure torsion was applied to a mixture of aluminium and metallic glass powders to process a composite at the nanoscale. Ultimate mixing of the two phases was achieved for a very large level of deformation resulting in a fully amorphous structure. Using analytical scanning transmission electron microscopy, nanoscaled chemical gradients were clearly exhibited. The very high strength (HV ~ 700) of the final metallic glass is attributed to this unique nanoscaled composition modulated structure. The role of shear bands both in the partial mixing and in the amorphization mechanism is discussed on the basis of a simple geometrical model.

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  1. Groupe de Physique des Matériaux, Faculté des Sciences, University of Rouen, CNRS UMR 6634, BP 12, 76801, Saint-Etienne du Rouvray, France

    X. Sauvage, F. Cuvilly & A. Akhatova

  2. ICMPE, UMR 7182 CNRS-UPEC, 2 Rue Henri Dunant, 94320, Thiais, France

    Y. Champion & L. Perrière

  3. Erich Schmid Institute of Material Sciences of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Jahnstraße 12, 8700, Leoben, Austria

    R. Pippan & O. Renk

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Sauvage, X., Champion, Y., Pippan, R. et al. Structure and properties of a nanoscaled composition modulated metallic glass. J Mater Sci 49, 5640–5645 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-014-8279-z

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