Applied Physics Letters
We report high strength reliability under tension of a bulk metallic glass (BMG), demonstrated by its high uniformity in strength found over a statistically significant number of specimens, despite the fact that the samples all showed no macroscopic plasticity. Weibull statistical analysis showed that the Weibull modulus of the material is 36.5, which is much higher than the values of more typical brittle materials, further confirming BMGs' high reliability [Appl. Mech. Rev. 5, 449 (1952)]. (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics.
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plasticity;alloys;temperature;brittleness;estimators;fracture;stress
Journal of Applied Physics
The dependence of yield strength, uniform elongation, and toughness on grain size in metallic structural materials was discussed. The toughness is defined as the product of yield strength and uniform elongation. The yield strength versus grain size can be well described by the Hall-Petch relation; however, the uniform elongation versus grain size is not well understood yet. A simple model involving the densities of geometrically necessary dislocations and statistically stored dislocations was proposed to estimate the uniform elongation versus grain size. Existing data for low carbon steels and aluminum indicate that, in the grain size less than 1 mu m, the materials usually exhibit high strength and low uniform elongation and, in the grain size greater than 10 mu m, the materials usually exhibit low strength and high elongation; in either case the toughness is low. However, in the grain size of several micrometers, the toughness is the highest. It is suggested that we should pay more attention to develop the metallic materials with grain size of several micrometers for structural applications. (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics.
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nanocrystalline copper;nanostructured metal;steels;deformation;ductility;law
Applied Physics Letters
The authors report a simple Fe-based Fe(71)Nb(6)B(23) ternary bulk metallic glass with a record high strength of 4.85 GPa as well as an appreciable compressive plastic strain of 1.6%. This finding is associated with the unique attribute of the alloying element Nb, which favors the formation of a networklike structure and holds high Poisson's ratio. A fracture feature with a combination of vein pattern and nanoscale corrugations under compression is clearly characterized in this glass. The fractographic observations correlate well with the observed improvements in plasticity. (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics.
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mechanical-properties;supercooled liquid;alloy;plasticity
Applied Physics Letters
Composite alloys of (Mg0.65Cu0.075Ni0.075Zn0.05Ag0.05Y0.1)(100-x)Fe-x(x=9 and 13) have been produced through copper mold casting, based on a good bulk metallic glass former. Upon cooling the melt, an alpha-Fe solid solution precipitates uniformly with sizes in the 1-10 mum range while the remaining melt undergoes a glass transition. The in situ composite has a compressive strength as high as similar to1 GPa, a factor of 1.6 higher than the single-phase metallic glass. In contrast to all the previous Mg-based monolithic glasses that always fail in the elastic regime, a plastic strain to failure of the order of 1% was obtained for the Fe-toughened composite. (C) 2003 American Institute of Physics.
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matrix composites;mechanical-properties;amorphous-alloys;behavior;ag
MA Zongyi YAO Zhongkai Harbin Institute of Technology
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Harbin
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金属学报(英文版)
The SiC_w/Al composite prepared by squeeze casting has a combination of superior room temperature specific strength and modulus together with excellent thermal properties.The extrusion can make an improvement on the strength and ductility of the composite from 582 MPa as squeeze casted up to 639 MPa,and on the transformation from isotropic to the anisotropic structure.This seems to be explained by the orientation of whiskers and the densification of dislocations in matrix.TEM observation indicates that the stacking fault is the usual planar defect on the SiC_w surface. composite;;SiC whisker;;Al alloy;;microstructure
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Applied Physics Letters
Hydrostatic extrusion, as a quite rarely applied technique, is used for the deformation of the Zr-based metallic glass/porous tungsten phase composite prepared by pressure infiltration. The fracture strength increases from 1852 MPa for the as-cast composite to 2112 MPa for the as-extruded composite. An apparent work hardening behavior was also observed in the as-extruded composite. The improved mechanical properties of the as-extruded composite are proposed to contribute to the stable interface between the metallic glass phase and the tungsten phase and the high dislocation density of the tungsten phase. (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics.
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bulk amorphous-alloys;mechanical-properties;fracture-toughness;glass;composites;behavior
Intermetallics
Usually, bulk metallic glasses exhibit strength values superior to conventional crystalline alloys, often combined with a large elastic limit and rather low Young's modulus. This combination of properties renders such alloys quite unique when compared to commercial materials. However, the major drawback for engineering applications is their limited room temperature ductility and toughness due to the localized deformation processes linked to shear banding, where high plastic deformation is accumulated in a very narrow region without contributing to macroscopic deformation, work hardening or yielding. In this work we report on a new class of metallic glass in a simple Cu-base alloy. Addition of 5 at.% Al increases the glass-forming ability of binary Cu50Zr50. The resulting Cu47.5Zr47.5Al5 glass exhibits high strength (2265 MPa) together with large room temperature ductility up to 18%. After yielding a strong increase in the flow stress is observed during deformation. The structure of the metallic glass exhibits atomic-scale heterogeneities that enable easy nucleation and continuous multiplication of shear bands. The interaction and intersection of shear bands increases the flow stress of the material with further deformation, leading to a 'work hardening'-like behavior and yields a continuous rotation of the shear angle up to fracture resulting in a high compressive ductility. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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glasses;metallic;mechanical properties at ambient temperature;work-hardening;microstructure;nanostructure-dendrite composite;mechanical-properties;matrix;composites;enhanced plasticity;thermal-stability;amorphous-alloys;zr-ti;bulk;microstructure;particles
