Abstract
The crystallization behavior of Cu43Zr43Al7Ag7 (numbers indicate at.%) bulk metallic glass was investigated using the isothermal electrical resistivity measurements at 450 °C in the supercooled liquid region. The crystallization process is a single step phase transformation. To analyze the electrical resistivity reduction, microstructure evolutions were analyzed using differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy and small-angle X-ray scattering. The Avrami parameter of the electrical resistivity reduction step was 1.73, indicating that the crystallization process is a diffusion-controlled growth of intermetallic compounds with decreasing nucleation rate.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 521-525 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Materials Science and Engineering: A |
Volume | 448-451 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 25 Mar 2007 |
Keywords
- Annealing
- Crystallization
- Electrical resistivity
- Metallic glass