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Glass-forming ability of Pr–(Cu,Ni)–Al alloys in eutectic system

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A eutectic point in Pr-rich Pr-(Cu,Ni)-Al alloys was experimentally determined by measuring the solidus temperature (Tm) and liquidus temperature (T1). It was found that Pr68(Cu0.5Ni0.5)25Al7 (at.%) is at the eutectic composition in the pseudoternary Pr–(Cu0.5Ni0.5)–Al alloys. The alloy Pr68(Cu0.5Ni0.5)25Al7 exhibits better glass-forming ability (GFA) than the ternary eutectic alloy Pr68Cu25Al7. However, the best GFA was obtained at an off-eutectic composition (Pr54[Cu0.5Ni0.5]30Al16) in the Pr–(Cu0.5Ni0.5)–Al alloys, which can be formed in fully amorphous rods with diameter of 1.5 mm by copper mold casting. Moreover, the glass-transition temperature Tg increases quickly (from 367 to 522 K) with the increasing of the Al content (from 3 to 27 at.%). The deviation of the best GFA composition from the eutectic point [Pr68(Cu0.5Ni0.5)25Al7] was explained in terms of the asymmetric coupled eutectic zone, the competition between growth of crystalline phase and formation of amorphous, and the higher glass-transition temperature Tg on the hypereutectic side.

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  1. AMM&NS, Singapore-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alliance, National University of Singapore, 117576, Singapore

    Y. Zhang

  2. Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Sciences, National University of Singapore, 119260, Singapore

    H. Tan, H. Z. Kong & B. Yao

  3. AMM&NS, Singapore-MIT Alliance, National University of Singapore, 117576, Singapore

    Y. Li

  4. Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Sciences, National University of Singapore, 119260, Singapore

    Y. Li

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Zhang, Y., Tan, H., Kong, H.Z. et al. Glass-forming ability of Pr–(Cu,Ni)–Al alloys in eutectic system. Journal of Materials Research 18, 664–671 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.2003.0088

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