Effect of Al and Ag addition on phase formation, thermal stability, and mechanical properties of Cu-Zr-based bulk metallic glasses

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1702-1710

  Barekar, Nilam ^a   Gargarella, Piter ^a   Song, Kaikai ^a   Pauly, Simon ^a   Kühn, Uta ^a   Eckert, Jürgen ^b  

^a IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amorphous; Electronic structure; Phase transformation

Indexed keywords

AG ADDITIONS; BULK METALLIC GLASS; COMPOSITIONAL DEPENDENCE; ELECTRONEGATIVITY DIFFERENCE; EQUILIBRIUM PHASIS; LIQUIDUS TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MARTENSITIC TRANSFORMATION TEMPERATURES; PARENT PHASE; PHASE FORMATIONS; PHASE TRANSFORMATION;

ALUMINUM; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CERIUM ALLOYS; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRONEGATIVITY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GLASS; MARTENSITIC TRANSFORMATIONS; METALLIC GLASS; SILVER; SILVER ALLOYS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; VICKERS HARDNESS; ZIRCONIUM;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 80052265613     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.61     Document Type: Article

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