Preparation and bending property of novel copper/amorphous composite plate

The novel pure copper/Cu₄₀Zr₄₄Ag₈Al₈ amorphous composite plate was fabricated by the extrusion process. The core and interface of composite plate were characterized by optical microscopy (OM), X-ray diffractometry (XRD), microhardness (HV) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The bending properties of pure copper plate and composite plate were investigated by three point bending test. The results indicate that a good bonding interface of composite plate is obtained with an interface width of about 2.15 μm through EDS analysis. The composite plate is composed of single pure copper at the start of extrusion. Then, the core begins to appear amorphous, and reaches the maximum value at the distance of about 12 mm to head of plate. The length and width are 2.785 and 1.481 mm, respectively. The dimension of BMG core reduces gradually and then becomes stable. The average size of the length and width are 2.269 and 0.797 mm, respectively. The crystallization of amorphous in the core during extrusion does not occur through the analysis of XRD and microhardness. Three point bending test show that the composite plate exhibits a larger bending flexural strength (of about 377.4 MPa) than the pure copper.