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The characterization of plastic flow in three different bulk metallic glass systems

  • Dongmei Xing
  • , Taihua Zhang*
  • , Weihuo Li
  • , Bingchen Wei
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • State Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Mechanics (LNM)
  • CAS - Institute of Mechanics
  • College of Physics and Electronic Information Science
  • Tianjin Normal University

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Abstract

Plastic deformation behaviors of Zr52.5Al10Ni10Cu15Be12.5, Mg65Cu25Gd10 and Pd43Ni10Cu27P20 bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) are studied by using the depth-sensing nanoindentation, macroindentation and uniaxial compression. The significant difference in plastic deformation behavior cannot be correlated to the Poisson's ratio or the ratio of shear modulus to bulk modulus of the three BMGs, but can be explained by the free volume model. It is shown that the nucleation of local shear band is easy and multiple shear bands can be activated in the Zr52.5Al10Ni10Cu15Be12.5 alloy, which exhibits a distinct plastic strain during uniaxial compression and less serrated flow during nanoindentation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)318-323
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume433
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 May 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Bulk metallic glass
  • Nanoindentation
  • Plastic deformation
  • Shear band

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