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An extended criterion for estimation of glass-forming ability of metals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2011

Dmitri V. Louzguine-Luzgin  and
Akihisa Inoue
Dmitri V. Louzguine-Luzgin*
Affiliation:
Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
Akihisa Inoue
Affiliation:
Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: dml@imr.tohoku.ac.jp
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Abstract

If a metal contracts upon solidification, the specific volume of a metallic liquid phase must not be smaller than that of the corresponding crystal. As molten metals have higher thermal expansion coefficients compared with those of the corresponding crystals, the intersection point of two specific-volume–temperature plots of the liquid and the corresponding solid crystalline phase by analogy with Kauzmann’s paradox for entropy could be treated as an ideal glass-transition temperature. This paper describes this phenomenon observed for a number of pure metals and gives a semiempirical criterion for the achievement of a good glass-forming ability.

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AmorphousPhase transformationRapid solidification
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , May 2007 , pp. 1378 - 1383
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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