Improving glass-forming ability of Mg-Cu-Y via substitutional alloying: Effects of Ag versus Ni

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2204-2214

  Ma, Han ^a   Shi, Ling Ling ^a   Xu, Jian ^a   Li, Yi ^b   Ma, En ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK METALLIC GLASS (BMG); GLASS-FORMING ABILITY; SUBSTITUTIONAL ALLOYING;

ADDITION REACTIONS; ALLOYING; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITION; METALLIC GLASS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

TERNARY SYSTEMS;

EID: 33845621853     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2006.0294     Document Type: Article

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