The Al-Ni-La-Ce-Pr-Nd amorphous ribbon with a super-thickness of 140 mm has been produced by the melt spinning technique. The thickness is as twice as that achieved by the melt spinning technique in the corresponding period (the largest thickness of 65 mm). The crystallization was characterized by using a differential scanning calorimetry. The activation energies are calculated based on the Kissinger equation and the effects of the La, Ce, Pr and Nd on the glass forming ability of Al-based alloy are discussed in the paper.
WANG Shenghai, BIAN Xiufang & JIA Yubo Key Lab of Liquid Structure and Heredity of Materials, Ministry of Education of China, South Campus of Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
The temperature dependence of the dynamic viscosity of Cu9In4 intermetallics melt has been investigated in five kinds of different heating and cooling processes with a torsional oscillation viscometer, It has been found that the viscosity of all Cu9In4 intermetallics decreases with increasing temperature in five kinds of different thermal processes. Thermal history has considerable effect on the viscosity. The viscosity in the cooling process with high superheating is greater than that in the cooling process with low superheating. The viscosity in the heating process is greater than that in the cooling process. No anomalous change in viscosity is measured in three kinds of cooling processes with low superheating. The anomalous change occurs at about 1050℃ in cooling with high superheating and at 800℃ in heating. Furthermore, the structural variation in different thermal processes has also been discussed on the basis of the change in viscosity and DSC analysis.
