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Correlation between strain-rate-related mechanical properties of Zr-based metallic glass and casting temperature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2012

Yunfei Xue ,
Lu Wang ,
Xingwang Cheng ,
Fuchi Wang ,
Hongnian Cai ,
Huanwu Cheng ,
Haifeng Zhang  and
Aiming Wang
Yunfei Xue*
Affiliation:
National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Materials under Shock and Impact, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Lu Wang
Affiliation:
National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Materials under Shock and Impact, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Xingwang Cheng
Affiliation:
National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Materials under Shock and Impact, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Fuchi Wang
Affiliation:
National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Materials under Shock and Impact, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Hongnian Cai
Affiliation:
National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Materials under Shock and Impact, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Huanwu Cheng
Affiliation:
National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Materials under Shock and Impact, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Haifeng Zhang
Affiliation:
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
Aiming Wang
Affiliation:
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: xueyunfei@bit.edu.cn
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Abstract

The Zr65Al7.5Ni10Cu17.5 bulk metallic glasses were prepared by injection casting (casting temperature of 1100 °C) and in situ suction casting (casting temperature as high as 3000 °C). The strain-rate-dependent mechanical behaviors of the specimens were investigated under axial compression at room temperature over a wide strain rate range (1.6 × 10−5–1.6 × 10−1 s−1). The specimens prepared by injection casting exhibited negative strain rate sensitivity, i.e., the yield stress decreased with increasing strain rate. In contrast, no strain rate sensitivity was observed for the specimens prepared by in situ suction casting. The different strain rate sensitivities in the specimens prepared at different temperatures were probably caused by the diversities of the local atomic structures.

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AmorphousRapid solidificationStress/strain relationship
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , 28 February 2012 , pp. 701 - 708
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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