The effects of microalloying of Ti and B on the glass formation of Cu60Pr30Ni10Al10-2xTixBx（x = 0, 0.05% （atom fraction）） amorphous alloys was investigated using differential scanning calorimetry （DSC） and X-ray diffraction （XRD）. XRD analysis showed that mieroalloying with 0.05% Ti and 0.05% B improved the glass forming ability （GFA）. The smaller difference in the Gibbs free energy between the liquid and crystalline states at the glass transition temperature （△G1-X（Tg）） and the smaller thermodynamic fragility index （△Sf/Tm, where ASf is the entropy of fusion, and Tm is the melting temperature） after mieroalloying correlated with the higher GFA.
Ribbons of amorphous Cu-Ti-Ni alloys were prepared by the melt spinning method. The amorphous structure of these ribbons was confirmed by X-ray diffractametry and transmission electron microscopy. The effect of Ni on the glass-forming ability of Cu-Ti-based alloys was studied by differential scanning calorimetry(DSC). It is found that the supercooled liquid region, ?Tx value shows the maximum value of 61℃ at x=10 in the Cu50Ti50?xNix (x=0, 5, 10, 15 mole fraction, %) system. And the reduced glass transition temperature, Trg, is smaller than 0.45. The glass forming ability(GFA) of Cu-Ti alloy is not effectively promoted by Ni addition.
The coatings consisting of Fe0. 64 Ni0.36 dendrites as matrix and （Fe, Cr） 7 （C, B） 3 interdendritic compounds as reinforcement were fabricated on the medium steel substrate by laser cladding using the Fe-based powders with different Co content, and Co is uniformly dissolved in the coatings. Compared with the coatings containing 1 % and 5% Co, the coating containing 3 % Co increases in the area fraction of the interdendritic region by about 5 %, in the microhardness nearby the interface by about HV 55 and in the interracial bond strength by about 30 MPa. The interface fracture morphology exhibits the tear appearance, which can be characterized as the ductile fracture.
GAO Li-li BIAN Xiu-fang TIAN Yong-sheng FU Chun-xia
The kinetic viscosities of superheated liquids on the Gd-based bulk glass-forming alloys are measured by an oscillating viscometer in a high vacuum atmosphere. According to the viscosity data,the parameters of superheated liquid fragility,M,are calculated. Based on the values of M in Gd-and Pr-based (cited from the lit-erature) glass-forming alloys,we find that there is a linear correlation between M and the absolute value of mixing enthalpy,|ΔHmix|,in an alloy system with the same base element,and the larger M,the smaller |ΔHmix|. The alloy with larger M exhibits the larger height of energy barriers separating the minima on the potential energy landscape.
