Ti42.5Zr7.5Cu40Ni5Sn5 bulk metallic glass with a critical diameter of 4 mm was fabri-cated by the conventional copper mould casting method. The supercooled liquid region ΔTx,reduced glass transition temperature Trg,γ parameter,and δparameter of the alloy were measured to be 63.9 K,0.561,0.393,and 1.400,respectively,im-plying that the alloy has an excellent glass-forming ability. The bulk metallic glass exhibits high compressive fracture strength of 2162 MPa with distinct plastic strain of 0.9%. The fracture surface consists mainly of vein-like patterns,typical of bulk glassy alloys.
HUANG YongJiang,SHEN Jun & SUN JianFei School of Materials Science and Engineering,Harbin Institute of Technology,Harbin 150001,China
