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Ni- and Cu-free Zr–Al–Co–Ag bulk metallic glasses with superior glass-forming ability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2011

Nengbin Hua ,
Shujie Pang ,
Yan Li ,
Jianfeng Wang ,
Ran Li ,
Konstantinos Georgarakis ,
Alain Reza Yavari ,
Gavin Vaughan  and
Tao Zhang
Nengbin Hua
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Aerospace Materials and Performance (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, 100191 Beijing, China
Shujie Pang
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Aerospace Materials and Performance (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, 100191 Beijing, China
Yan Li
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Aerospace Materials and Performance (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, 100191 Beijing, China
Jianfeng Wang
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Aerospace Materials and Performance (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, 100191 Beijing, China
Ran Li
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Aerospace Materials and Performance (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, 100191 Beijing, China
Konstantinos Georgarakis
Affiliation:
WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan; and Euronano-SIMaP-CNRS, INP Grenoble, St-Martin-d’Hères 38402, France
Alain Reza Yavari
Affiliation:
Euronano-SIMaP-CNRS, INP Grenoble, St-Martin-d’Hères 38402, France; WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan; and European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble 38042, France
Gavin Vaughan
Affiliation:
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble 38042, France
Tao Zhang*
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Aerospace Materials and Performance (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, 100191 Beijing, China
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: zhangtao@buaa.edu.cn
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Abstract

Ni- and Cu-free Zr–Al–Co–Ag bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) with diameters up to 20 mm were synthesized by copper mold casting. The effects of Ag alloying on the superior glass-forming ability (GFA) of Zr–Al–Co–Ag alloys were studied based on the localized atomic structure and crystallization behavior. High-energy synchrotron radiation x-ray diffraction result reveals that Ag addition in Zr–Al–Co system results in a more homogeneous local atomic structure, which could be an origin for the improved GFA of the Zr–Al–Co–Ag alloy. Crystallization products of the Zr–Al–Co–Ag glassy alloy are more complex than those of the Zr–Al–Co glassy alloy. The Zr–Al–Co–Ag BMGs free from highly toxic elements Ni and Cu exhibited a combination of superior GFA, high compressive fracture strength over 2000 MPa, low Young’s modulus of 93 to 94 GPa, and good corrosion resistance in phosphate-buffered solution (PBS), inspiring their potential biomedical applications.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , 28 February 2011 , pp. 539 - 546
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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