Effect of minor aluminium addition in Cu47Ti34Zr11Ni8 bulk metallic glasses

Cu47Ti34Zr11Ni8 and (Cu47Ti34Zr11Ni8)_ 99Al bulk metallic glass with size of 1mm×10mm×50mm were prepared by copper mold casting, and the influence of minor aluminium addition upon the alloy thermal stability and mechanical properties was studied. The results indicate that with the aluminium addition, the crystallizing behavior of the melt changes at the same cooling rate, and the crystallizing behavior of the glass changes at the same heating rate. The glass transition temperature(T_g), crystallization temperature(T_ x1), temperature interval of supercooled liquid region ΔT_x (=T_ x1-T_g) and reduced glass transition temperature (T_ rg) are proved to be changed from 672K, 734K, 62K and 0.578 to 681K, 729K, 48K and 0.590, respectively. Because of the addition of aluminium, three point-bending flexural strength and flexural modulus of the bulk glass are increased from 2350MPa and 102GPa to 2970MPa and 108GPa, respectively.