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Composition rule of bulk metallic glasses and quasicrystals using electron concentration criterion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Y. M. Wang ,
J. B. Qiang ,
C. H. Wong ,
C. H. Shek  and
C. Dong
Y. M. Wang
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory for Materials Modification and Department of Materials Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China, and Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
J. B. Qiang
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory for Materials Modification and Department of Materials Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
C. H. Wong
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
C. H. Shek
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
C. Dong*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory for Materials Modification and Department of Materials Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

This paper aims at establishing a number of electrons/atom (e/a)-based criterion for searching bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) and quasicrystals with large forming abilities in the Zr-based multicomponent alloy systems. After discussions on the diffraction characteristics corresponding to the Fermi surfaces-Brillouin zone interaction in the Zr-based Hume-Rothery phases, the Hume-Rothery matching rule is well explained when the effective e/a value of the matrix element Zr is taken as 1.5. The BMG- and quasicrystal-related phases are pointed out to be a family of nearly e/a-constant phases in a given alloy system. An e/a-constant criterion is then used to predict the ideal composition of the quasicrystals and BMGs in the Zr-Ti-Ni, Zr-Al-Ni, and Zr-Al-Ni-Cu systems, respectively. Nearly pure bulk Zr-Ti-Ni quasicrystals and a series of BMGs with glass-forming abilities greater than that of the known Zr65Al7.5Ni10Cu17.5 alloy are found.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , March 2003 , pp. 642 - 648
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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