TY - JOUR
T1 - Preparation and properties of Ti50Cu28 Ni15Sn7 bulk metallic glass by vacuum hot pressing
AU - Lin, H. M.
AU - Lin, C. K.
AU - Jeng, R. R.
AU - Bor, H. Y.
AU - Lee, P. Y.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are grateful for the financial support of this work by the National Science Council of Taiwan under Grant Nos. NSC 95-2221-E-019-024-MY2 and NSC 95-2623-7-019-001-D.
PY - 2008/8
Y1 - 2008/8
N2 - Amorphous Ti50Cu28Ni15Sn7 alloy powders were synthesized by a mechanical alloying (MA) technique. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) results showed that, after 7 hours of exposure to the milling process, amorphous Ti50 Cu28Ni15Sn7 alloy powders exhibit a wide supercooled liquid region of 61 K. Consolidation of amorphous powders were performed at a temperature slightly higher than the glass transition temperature under a pressure of ∼1.2 GPa, and bulk metallic glass (BMG) discs can be prepared successfully. However, we noticed partial crystallization during the hot pressing process and were not able to achieve full densification of BMG. The Vickers microhardness of Ti50Cu28Ni15Sn7 BMG was 634 kg/mm2, and the trace of the indentation revealed that pre-existing particle boundaries or interfaces between nanocrystals and amorphous matrix may serve as the crack initiation sites. Thus, typical brittle failure of Ti50Cu28Ni15 Sn7 BMG was observed and resulted in relatively low fracture stress compared to that estimated by the microhardness.
AB - Amorphous Ti50Cu28Ni15Sn7 alloy powders were synthesized by a mechanical alloying (MA) technique. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) results showed that, after 7 hours of exposure to the milling process, amorphous Ti50 Cu28Ni15Sn7 alloy powders exhibit a wide supercooled liquid region of 61 K. Consolidation of amorphous powders were performed at a temperature slightly higher than the glass transition temperature under a pressure of ∼1.2 GPa, and bulk metallic glass (BMG) discs can be prepared successfully. However, we noticed partial crystallization during the hot pressing process and were not able to achieve full densification of BMG. The Vickers microhardness of Ti50Cu28Ni15Sn7 BMG was 634 kg/mm2, and the trace of the indentation revealed that pre-existing particle boundaries or interfaces between nanocrystals and amorphous matrix may serve as the crack initiation sites. Thus, typical brittle failure of Ti50Cu28Ni15 Sn7 BMG was observed and resulted in relatively low fracture stress compared to that estimated by the microhardness.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11661-007-9327-y
DO - 10.1007/s11661-007-9327-y
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:44849090624
SN - 1073-5623
VL - 39
SP - 1857
EP - 1861
JO - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science
JF - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science
IS - 8
ER -