Materials Transactions, JIM
Online ISSN : 2432-471X
Print ISSN : 0916-1821
ISSN-L : 0916-1821
Fabrication of Bulk Glassy Zr55Al10Ni5Cu30 Alloy of 30 mm in Diameter by a Suction Casting Method
Akihisa InoueTao Zhang
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1996 Volume 37 Issue 2 Pages 185-187

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A bulk glassy Zr55Al10Ni5Cu30 alloy in a cylindrical form with a diameter of 30 mm and a length of 50 mm was produced by sucking the molten alloy into a copper mold. The sucking force was generated from the rapid movement (5.0 m/s) of piston with a diameter of 30 mm which was set at the center of the copper hearth. The sucking velocity is evaluated to be as high as 22.1 kg/s. Neither cavity nor hole is seen in the transverse cross section of the bulk glassy alloy. The glass transition temperature (Tg), crystallization temperature (Tx) and supercooled liquid region defined by ΔTx(=TxTg) are nearly the same as those for the melt-spun glassy ribbon with a thickness of 30 μm, in spite of the significant difference in sample thickness by three orders. Furthermore, there is no appreciable difference in Tg, Tx and ΔTx over the whole cast sample. The Vickers hardness number is 523, in agreement with that (\fallingdotseq 510) for the corresponding melt-spun glassy ribbon and cast bulk glassy cylinders with diameters below 15 nm. Thus, the direct production of the bulk glassy alloy with a diameter of 30 mm by the suction casting method is important for the future development of bulk glassy alloys.

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