Bulk metallic glasses in the Zr-Al-Ni-Cu system

Acta Materialia

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1899-1907

  Chen, W ^a,b   Wang, Y ^a   Qiang, J ^a   Dong, C ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic size; Bulk metallic glasses; Electron concentration; Zr Al Ni Cu alloys

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS ALLOYS; COMPOSITION; GLASS TRANSITION; SUPERCOOLING; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

POLYVALENT METALS;

METALLIC GLASS;

EID: 0037453272     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-6454(02)00596-7     Document Type: Article

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