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. 2016 May 25;9(6):408. doi: 10.3390/ma9060408

Table 1.

Glass transition temperature Tg, crystallization temperature Tx, supercooled liquid region ΔTx, solidus temperature Tm, liquidus temperature TL, reduced glass transition temperature Trg = Tg/TL, and ΔT = TLTg at a heating rate of 30 K∙min−1, crystallization enthalpy ΔHx, activation energy for Tg (Eg), activation energy for Tx (Ex), sensitivity of Tg and Tx to heating rate (βg and βx), fragility index m, yield strength σy, fracture strength σf, and plastic strain εp.

Metallic Glasses Tg (K) Tx (K) ΔTx (K) Tm (K) TL (K) ΔHx (J/g) Eg (kJ/mol) Ex (kJ/mol) Trg ΔT (K) m βg βx σy (MPa) σf (MPa) εp (%)
Zr51Al14.2Ni15.9Cu18.9 725.7 791.6 65.9 1021.3 1125.9 54.6 721.9 282.1 0.6446 400.2 52.5 5.7692 17.1162 2072.5 2104.9 0.2
Zr51.5Al13.6Ni14.9Cu20 723.5 796.8 73.3 1015.0 1153.7 48.4 670.2 349.1 0.6271 430.2 49.0 6.3086 14.3785 1838.0 2184.6 1.6
Zr52Al12.9Ni13.8Cu21.3 714.6 789.8 75.2 1060.6 1138.0 51.2 694.6 323.4 0.6279 423.4 51.2 5.7305 15.0479 2041.9 2114.5 0.4
Zr52.5Al12.2Ni12.6Cu22.7 712.8 783.8 71.0 1048.7 1149.2 56.7 567.4 343.3 0.6203 436.4 42.2 7.2022 14.1554 1870.1 2040.1 7.8
Zr53Al11.6Ni11.7Cu23.7 711.4 778.7 67.3 1044.7 1150.0 50.8 592.7 325.7 0.6168 438.6 44.1 6.7406 14.7100 1840.6 2015.5 4.7
Zr53.5Al10.9Ni10.6Cu25 704.5 775.9 71.4 1041.2 1148.4 52.9 637.9 290.4 0.6135 443.9 47.9 6.2987 16.1749 1974.0 1995.4 2.3
Zr54Al10.2Ni9.4Cu26.4 693.6 771.2 77.6 1028.2 1137.8 49.6 668.4 310.0 0.6096 444.2 50.9 5.8047 15.0870 1781.6 1959.3 1.0
Zr54.5Al9.6Ni8.4Cu27.5 691.3 769.5 78.2 996.4 1149.4 55.4 608.8 300.0 0.6014 458.1 46.5 6.3063 15.3629 1863.1 1907.3 4.4
Zr55Al8.9Ni7.3Cu28.8 684.6 765.2 80.6 992.0 1160.5 44.8 471.9 302.1 0.5899 475.9 33.6 8.0065 15.0184 1737.5 1892.6 19.1