Ji-Juan Liu
,
Ran Li
,
Lian-Xiang Fang
,
Ju Wang
,
Tao Zhang
金属学报(英文版)
doi:10.1007/s40195-016-0368-3
Unexpected facture without any room-temperature plasticity severely limits potential structural applications of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs), especially La-, Mg- and Fe-based ones. In this study, a simple free corrosion method was provided to improve the plasticity of a brittle (La, Ce)-based BMG by the introduction of high-density corrosion defects on the surface. The influences of immersing time in 0.1 mol/L H2SO4 aqueous solution on the surface morphology and mechanical properties of the BMG were evaluated. With increasing immersing time from 5 to 30 min, the degree of surface corrosion increased obviously, and the distribution of corrosion defects became more homogenous. In the samples, the yielding phenomenon and certain plasticity appeared up to 0.3% after the surface treatment. The yielding and plasticity can be attributed to easier nucleation of shear bands on the defect surface rather than on the glabrous surface. The results provided a novel method to improve the plasticity of BMGs.
关键词:
Metallic
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glasses
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Corrosion
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plastic
,
deformation
,
mechanism
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Rapid
,
solidification
,
Microstructure
Ming-Zhen Wei
,
Zhen-Hua Cao
,
Xiang-Kang Meng
金属学报(英文版)
doi:10.1007/s40195-016-0377-2
In this work, we have investigated the mechanical properties of Cu/Ta, Ag/Cu and Ag/Nb multilayers with different heterogeneous interfaces. The results suggest that when individual layer thickness (h) is larger than 5-10 nm, the hardness/strength of three different multilayer systems has the similar length scale effect with decreasing layer thickness, while when h ≤ 5 nm, the three multilayer systems show remarkably different plastic deformation behaviors. The strength curves exhibit the variation trends of unchanging, softening and increasing corresponding to Cu/Ta, Ag/Cu and Ag/Nb multilayers, respectively. The microstructure analysis shows that three kinds of multilayers have totally different interfacial structures, which lead to the different strengthening or softening mechanisms.
关键词:
Metallic
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multilayers
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Plastic
,
deformation
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Interfacial
,
structures
,
Strengthening
,
mechanism
Di Cao
,
Yuan Wu
,
Hui Wang
,
Xiong-Jun Liu
,
Z. P. Lu
金属学报(英文版)
doi:10.1007/s40195-016-0374-5
Effects of nitrogen addition on glass formation and mechanical properties of the Ti42.5Cu40Zr10Ni5Sn2.5metallic glass were systematically investigated. It was found that a small amount of nitrogen addition facilitated the glass formation by suppressing formation of the competing eutectic structure. Unlike large atomic size elements such as Hf and Pd which usually deteriorate specific strength, nitrogen can also increase the specific strength of the current Ti-based BMGs. The results are not only helpful for understanding glass-forming ability in general, but also useful in developing cost-effective, high-performance Ti-based bulk metallic glasses with enhanced glass-forming ability.
关键词:
Metallic
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glass
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Glass-forming
,
ability
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Microalloying
,
Specific
,
strength
