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Ti (Zr)-Cu-Ni Bulk Metallic Glasses with Optimal Glass-Forming Ability and Their Compressive Properties

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The formation of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) was systematically investigated in the ternary Ti-Cu-Ni and quaternary Ti-Zr-Cu-Ni systems. Over a relatively wide composition range (50 to 57 at. pct Ti, 34 to 44 at. pct Cu, and 6 to 10 at. pct Ni) in the ternary Ti-Cu-Ni system, new Ti-based BMGs with a critical diameter of 1 mm have been discovered in the triangular region enclosed by the three intermetallic compounds TiNi, TiCu, and Ti2Cu. Partial substitution of Zr for Ti improved the glass-forming ability (GFA), and the BMGs of 3 mm in diameter were obtained in the composition range of 51 to 53 at. pct (Ti + Zr), 38 to 41 at. pct Cu, and 8 to 10 at. pct Ni. The enhanced GFA compared with the ternary Ti-Ni-Cu system was attributed to the effects of Zr on stabilizing the undercooled liquid. These Ti-based BMGs had compressive fracture strength higher than 2 GPa. Among them, the Ti50Cu43Ni7 glass exhibited a reproducible plastic strain larger than 5 pct.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the stimulating discussion with Professors E. Ma, Y. Li, and C. Suryanarayana. This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Contract No. 50871112 and the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) under Contract No. 2007CB613906.

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Wang, YL., Xu, J. Ti (Zr)-Cu-Ni Bulk Metallic Glasses with Optimal Glass-Forming Ability and Their Compressive Properties. Metall Mater Trans A 39, 2990–2997 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-008-9647-6

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