Size-dependent "malleable-to-brittle" transition in a bulk metallic glass

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Wu, W F ^a   Han, Z ^a   Li, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; ANNEALING; FREE VOLUME; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; LIQUID METALS; ZIRCONIUM;

AS-CAST; BRITTLE REGION; BULK METALLIC GLASS; FLAW SENSITIVITY; FREE VOLUME EFFECTS; GEOMETRICAL SIZES; SAMPLE SIZES; ZR-BASED BULK METALLIC GLASS;

METALLIC GLASS;

EID: 49749105281     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2969784     Document Type: Article

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