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Formation and properties of strontium-based bulk metallic glasses with ultralow glass transition temperature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2012

Kun Zhao ,
Wei Jiao ,
Jiang Ma ,
Xuan Qiao Gao  and
Wei Hua Wang
Kun Zhao*
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China; and Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, People’s Republic of China
Wei Jiao
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
Jiang Ma
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
Xuan Qiao Gao
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
Wei Hua Wang
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: zhk3415@163.com
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Abstract

We report a family of novel Strontium (Sr)-based bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) with good glass-forming ability and ultralow glass transition temperature (Tg) by strategic composition design. The Sr-based BMGs can be easily formed with wide composition range by a conventional copper mold cast method. The glassy alloys have many unique and diversified properties such as lowest glass transition temperature, ultralow elastic modulus, small value of Poisson’s ratio and fragility, homogeneous flow at room temperature and tunable water degradation behavior. The BMGs with novel physical and chemical properties could have potential applications for biomaterial and micromanufacture, and are model system for studying some fundamental issues such as crystallization, relaxation and deformation in metallic glass.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 27 , Issue 20 , 28 October 2012 , pp. 2593 - 2600
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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