Abstract
CuZr-based bulk-metallic-glass (BMG) composites reinforced by a B2-type CuZr crystalline-phase (CP) have been widely studied, and exhibit that the plastic deformation of the CP induces martensitic transformation from the B2 to B19′, which plays a dominant role in the deformation behavior and mechanical properties. In the present study, 2.0% Co containing CuZr-based BMG composites were investigated using in-situ neutron-diffraction technique. The in-situ neutron-diffraction results reveal the continuous load transfer from the glass matrix to B2 CP and martensitic transformation from the B2 CP to B19′ during the deformation of the composite. Moreover, it was found that the martensitic transformation is initiated at the applied stress higher than 1500 MPa, and is significantly suppressed during the deformation, as compared to other 0.5% Co-containing CuZr-based BMG composites. Based on these in-situ neutron-diffraction results, the martensitic transformation is strongly affected by the amount of the addition of Co, which determines the mechanical properties of CP-reinforced BMG composites, such as ductility and hardening capability.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 714-721 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Alloys and Compounds |
Volume | 723 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2017 |
Funding
The in-situ neutron experiments at ORNL's Spallation Neutron Source was sponsored by the Scientific User Facilities Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy. We would like to acknowledge the support of the Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Fossil Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory (DE-FE-0008855, DE-FE-0024054, and DE-FE-0011194), with Mr. V. Cedro, Mr. R. Dunst, Dr. P. Rawls, and Dr. J. Mullen as program managers. We very much appreciate the support of the U.S. Army Research Office project (W911NF-13-1-0438) with the program manager, Dr. D. M. Stepp. We thank the support from the National Science Foundation (DMR-1611180) with the program director, Dr. D. Farkas. We would like to thank QuesTek Innovations LLC under Award No. DE-SC0013220 with Dr. J. Saal as the program manager.
Keywords
- Composite
- Deformation
- Martensitic transformation
- Metallic glass
- Neutron diffraction