The influence of the cooling rate on bulk metallic glass formation in Mg80Cu15Y5 and Mg80Cu10Y10

The Mg–Cu–Y system is known to be one of the best glass formers among the various existing magnesium alloys. The compositions chosen for the current study were Mg 80 Cu 15 Y 5 and Mg 80 Cu 10 Y 10 . Different casting processes yielded four different microstructures that were analyzed by means of X-r...

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Published in:Journal of materials science 2010-12, Vol.45 (23), p.6365-6373
Main Authors: Regev, M., Rosenson, H., Koren, Z., Katz-Demyanetz, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amorphous materials
Castings
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Chemical analysis
Chemistry and Materials Science
Classical Mechanics
Cooling rate
Copper
Crystallography and Scattering Methods
Electron microscopes
Electron microscopy
Energy dispersive X ray spectroscopy
Gravity die casting
High resolution
Imec 2009
Liquid nitrogen
Magnesium base alloys
Materials Science
Melt spinning
Metallic glasses
Microstructure
Nucleation
Organic chemistry
Polymer Sciences
Scanning electron microscopy
Solid Mechanics
Transmission electron microscopy
X-rays
Yttrium
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Summary:The Mg–Cu–Y system is known to be one of the best glass formers among the various existing magnesium alloys. The compositions chosen for the current study were Mg 80 Cu 15 Y 5 and Mg 80 Cu 10 Y 10 . Different casting processes yielded four different microstructures that were analyzed by means of X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, high resolution scanning electron microscopy, and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy chemical analysis. The different casting procedures were gravity castings of 3 mm diameter specimens into a copper mold held at different temperatures (cooled to −195 °C with the aid of liquid nitrogen, held at room temperature and heated up to 300 °C) and melt-spinning. Detailed microstructure study was then performed on the melt-spun specimen using transmission electron microscopy and high resolution transmission electron microscopy. The above-mentioned investigation revealed a crystalline rather than amorphous structure. The observed microstructure could not be explained on the basis of current models referring to the frequency of nucleation events.
ISSN:0022-2461
1573-4803
DOI:10.1007/s10853-010-4623-0