Metastable Transition Metal Alloys Produced by Rapid Quenching: Structure and Properties.
Abstract
Metastable transition metal alloys, primarily, metallic glasses, were prepared by rapid solidification processing (melt spinning and arc-furnace hammer-and-anvil quenching); appropriate properties of these alloys were investigated. Specifically, glassy alloys containing transition metals such as Ti, Zr, Nb, Ta, Ni, Rh and Ir, as well as metals such as U, Ca and Cu and non-metallic additives such as O were studied; many of these glasses were prepared in this program for the first time. Properties studied included thermal stability (glass transition temperature and crystallization temperature), elastic modulus (measured by a newly adapted dynamic technique of impulse induced resonance), microhardness, and electrical transport (resistivity and thermoelectricity). Alloy constitution was studied. Rules for the prediction of ready glass formation based on alloy properties were formulated; a universal correlation between microhardness and elastic modulus was described. A new multilayer melt spinning technique was implemented. Nineteen publications resulted from this program and are listed in the report. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA138296
Entities
People
- B. C. Giessen
Organizations
- Northeastern University