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Effect of Zr addition on the glass-forming ability and mechanical properties of Ni–Nb alloy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

Z.W. Zhu ,
H.F. Zhang ,
W.S. Sun  and
Z.Q. Hu
Z.W. Zhu
Affiliation:
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
H.F. Zhang*
Affiliation:
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
W.S. Sun
Affiliation:
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
Z.Q. Hu
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 address: hfzhang@imr.ac.cn
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Abstract

The effect of zirconium (Zr) addition on the glass-forming ability (GFA) and mechanical properties of the Ni61.5Nb38.5 alloy has been studied. The addition of Zr improves the GFA. When x = 5 for Ni61.5Nb38.5−xZrx (in at.%) alloys, the alloy exhibits the best GFA and can be cast into 3-mm-diameter amorphous samples by using the copper mold injection-casting method. Differential scanning calorimetry measurements indicated that the thermal parameters, such as Trg and γ, have not a good correlation with the GFA in the Ni–Nb–Zr alloys. Compression tests reveal that the addition of Zr just decreases the fracture strength slightly from 3.4 to 3 GPa and that all of the tested samples exhibit a little compressive plasticity of about 2%. When x = 9, the feature of the fracture surface indicates that the alloy has a tendency for transition from the ductile to the brittle. And delicate “dimple” and microscale vein pattern structures have been observed on it.

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AmorphousFractureNi
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , September 2006 , pp. 453 - 459
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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