Papers by Author: Junji Saida

Abstract: A Zr65Al7.5Ni10Cu17.5-xPdx (x=0-17.5 at. %) alloy system is found to exhibit a different dependence of glass-forming ability (GFA) on atmosphere-pressure during mold casting process. High-Pd alloys (x=7.5-17.5) show a remarkable increase of critical size for glass formation (dc) as casting-atmosphere (Ar) pressure varies from vacuum to ambient. No significant change of dc, however, is observed in low-Pd alloys (x=0-5) despite the variation in atmosphere pressure. The origin of the phenomenon is unveiled by correlating the cooling characteristic during mold casting and on-cooling phase transformation characteristic of the alloy system.

Abstract: Monolithic Zr65Al7.5Ni10Pd17.5 and Zr65Al7.5Ni10Cu17.5 hardly had plastic deformability in tension at room temperature, although Zr65Al7.5Ni10Pd17.5 showed a large plastic strain in compression. A depressed zone that is the evidence of viscous flow deformation (so-called viscous flow depression zone; VFD-zone) was observed for Zr65Al7.5Ni10Pd17.5 around the edge at the point of failure on its specimen surfaces. However, no VFD-zone was seen for Zr65Al7.5Ni10Cu17.5. Thus, a clear difference in tensile plastic behavior was found between Zr65Al7.5Ni10Pd17.5 and Zr65Al7.5Ni10Cu17.5. A structural change in the vicinity of the fracture surface of Zr65Al7.5Ni10Pd17.5 was measured by micro-beam X-ray diffractometry (MB-XRD). We may be able to discuss the room temperature plasticity of Zr65Al7.5Ni10Cu17.5-xPdx bulk metallic glasses correlating with the phase stability of the amorphous and icosahedral quasi-crystalline phases.

Abstract: Temperature dependent elastic constants Cij(T) of Cu60Hf30Ti10 bulk metallic glass (BMG) have been investigated in a MHz frequency range using electromagnetic acoustic resonance (EMAR) up to 823 K. At room temperature, the BMG showed high Poisson’s ratio ν arising from low shear modulus G compared with that of constitutive crystalline elements. With increasing temperature, G showed usual linear temperature dependence while it suddenly drops around glass transition temperature, Tg. Within a framework of quasiharmonic approximation, Grüneisen parameter γ around Tg is estimated to be 10. This extremely large γ indicates the high anhramonicity of long wavelength limit acoustic mode phonon in the supercooled liquid state. The unusual elastic behavior can be interpreted on the basis of heterogeneous microstructure.