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Correlation between the atomic configurations and the amorphous-to-icosahedral phase transition in metallic glasses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2018

Guihong Geng ,
Zhijie Yan ,
Yong Hu ,
Zhi Wang ,
Sergey V. Ketov  and
Jürgen Eckert
Guihong Geng
Affiliation:
School of Materials Science and Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, People’s Republic of China
Zhijie Yan*
Affiliation:
School of Materials Science and Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, People’s Republic of China; and School of Materials Science and Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, People’s Republic of China
Yong Hu
Affiliation:
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Taiyuan 030024, People’s Republic of China
Zhi Wang
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Sergey V. Ketov
Affiliation:
Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Leoben 8700, Austria
Jürgen Eckert
Affiliation:
Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Leoben 8700, Austria; and Department of Materials Physics, Montanuniversität Leoben, Leoben 8700, Austria
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: zjyan@nuc.edu.cn
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Abstract

Positron annihilation spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry were used to evaluate the changes of the atomic configurations in Zr-based metallic glasses (MGs) due to alloying and plastic deformation. The correlation between the atomic configurations of MGs and the amorphous-to-icosahedral phase transition due to heating was investigated. The results indicate that the free volume frozen in the as-cast Zr60Al15Ni25, Zr65Al7.5Ni10Cu17.5, and Zr65Al7.5Ni10Cu17.5Ag5 MGs substantially decreases in sequence. More excess free volume is introduced in Zr65Al7.5Ni10Cu17.5Ag5 MG due to cold rolling and milling. The annihilation of free volume due to alloying considerably stabilizes the icosahedral structure of MGs, which enhances the nucleation and growth of quasicrystals upon heating. However, the nucleation and growth of quasicrystals are considerably suppressed in Zr65Al7.5Ni10Cu17.5Ag5 MG due to cold rolling and milling, during which the more introduced excess free volume results in substantial destruction of short-range order with 5-fold symmetry. The present work further provides direct evidence for the prevalence of icosahedral short-range order in MGs.

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amorphousphase transformationquasicrystal
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 33 , Issue 18 , 28 September 2018 , pp. 2775 - 2783
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Contributing Editor: Jurgen Eckert

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