Figure 1. Specific heat (CP) for as-cast BMGs on heating.
For the Pd41.25Ni41.25P17.5 BMG, there is an anomalous exothermal peak at TC∼612 K, highlighted by the shadow, which is ∼41 K below the crystallization peak at∼653 K. The CP data for Pd40Ni40P20, downward shifted by 80 J mol−1 K−1, are characteristic of a normal BMG, marked by a Tg and a crystallization peak; there is no DSC anomaly before crystallization. For both samples, the Tg∼570 K.