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Glass-forming ability and differences in the crystallization behavior of ribbons and rods of Cu36Zr48Al8Ag8 bulk glass-forming alloy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Dmitri V. Louzguine-Luzgin ,
Guoqiang Xie ,
Song Li ,
Qingsheng Zhang ,
Wei Zhang ,
C. Suryanarayana  and
Akihisa Inoue
Dmitri V. Louzguine-Luzgin*
Affiliation:
WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan; and Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
C. Suryanarayana*
Affiliation:
Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
Akihisa Inoue
Affiliation:
WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan; and Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: dml@wpi-aimr.tohoku.ac.jp
b) Present address: Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816-2450.
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Abstract

The crystallization behavior of melt-spun ribbons and bulk samples of the Cu36Zr48Al8Ag8 glassy alloy on heating is presented here. The crystallization kinetics and structural changes in the Cu36Zr48Al8Ag8 glassy alloy were studied using x-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, differential scanning, and isothermal calorimetry methods. A clear comparison is made of the differences in the crystallization kinetics of the melt-spun ribbons and the copper-mold-cast bulk rod samples. It was suggested that the kinetics of crystallization in the rod sample, at any given temperature, are somewhat different than in the ribbon samples, probably because of size and free volume effects. Differences in the crystallization behavior of this alloy with other Cu-Zr-Al-Ag alloys have also been discussed.

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Phase transformationTransmission electron microscopy (TEM)X-ray diffraction (XRD)
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 24 , Issue 5 , May 2009 , pp. 1886 - 1895
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2009

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