Sm-based Sm-Al-Ni ternary bulk metallic glasses

J. Wu, Q. Wang, J. B. Qiang, F. Chen, C. Dong, Y. M. Wang, C. H. Shek

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    Abstract

    The Sm-based Sm-Al-Ni glass-forming system was investigated using our e/ a-and cluster-related criteria. Three bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) Sm54Al23Ni23, Sm56 Al22Ni22, and Sm58Al21 Ni21, were obtained by suction casting into rods with a diameter of 3 mm. All of them shared a constant e/a = 1.5 and fell along the e/a-constant composition line in the ternary composition chart. The Sm54Al23Ni23 BMG exhibiting the largest Trg was located at the intersection point of the e/a-constant line and the Sm7Ni3-Al cluster line, with thermodynamic parameters of Tg. = 548 K at a heating rate of 20 K/min, Tg/Tm = 0.634, and Tg/Tl = 0.615. The Sm7Ni3 cluster was a capped trigonal prism derived from the SmNi phase. © 2007 Materials Research Society.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)573-577
    JournalJournal of Materials Research
    Volume22
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Mar 2007

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