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Influence of Al on Quasicrystal Formation in Zr-Ti-Nb-Cu-Ni-Al Metallic Glasses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Sergio Scudino ,
Jürgen Eckert ,
Uta Kühn ,
Hergen Breitzke ,
Klaus Lüders  and
Ludwig Schultz
Sergio Scudino
Affiliation:
IFW Dresden, Institut für Metallische Werkstoffe, Postfach 270016, D-01171 Dresden, Germany
Jürgen Eckert
Affiliation:
IFW Dresden, Institut für Metallische Werkstoffe, Postfach 270016, D-01171 Dresden, Germany
Uta Kühn
Affiliation:
IFW Dresden, Institut für Metallische Werkstoffe, Postfach 270016, D-01171 Dresden, Germany
Hergen Breitzke
Affiliation:
Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
Klaus Lüders
Affiliation:
Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
Ludwig Schultz
Affiliation:
IFW Dresden, Institut für Metallische Werkstoffe, Postfach 270016, D-01171 Dresden, Germany
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Abstract

The effect of Al on the crystallization behavior of (Zr0.616Ti0.087Nb0.027Cu0.15Ni0.12)100–xAlx melt-spun glassy ribbons with x = 7.5, 5, 2.5 and 0 was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry, x-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. The devitrification of the ribbons is characterized by the formation of a metastable quasicrystalline phase during the first stage of the crystallization process even for the alloy with x = 0. Therefore, Al is not essential for quasicrystal formation in the present alloys. However, it affects the properties of the amorphous as well as of the quasicrystalline phase. With decreasing Al content, the temperature range of stability of the quasicrystalline phase increases whereas the thermal stability of the amorphous phase decreases together with a slight decrease of the extension of the supercooled liquid region. Thus, it is concluded that although the addition of Al improves the stability of the glassy phase, it has no beneficial effect on the formation of quasicrystals.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 805: Symposium LL – Quasicrystals , 2003 , LL6.4/MM4.4
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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