The influence of Nb and Zr on glass-formation ability in the ternary Fe-Nb-B and Fe-Zr-B and quaternary Fe-(Nb,Zr)-B alloy systems

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 392-401

  Yao, J H ^a   Yang, H ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Wang, J Q ^a   Li, Y ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS ALLOYS; CRYSTALLIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

AMORPHOUS FORMATION; GLASS-FORMING ABILITY;

IRON ALLOYS;

EID: 39749121314     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2008.0055     Document Type: Article

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