Abstract
The thermal and mechanical properties of 1 mm diameter rod specimens were investigated over a wide composition range of the Cu-Zr binary alloy system. Our results indicated that alloys with composition near Cu-36 at.% Zr have a higher activation energy and a lower plastic deformation during compression test than those of compositions near Cu-50 at.% Zr. A relationship between the activation energy and the plastic deformation could be worked out suggesting that the lower is the activation energy to crystallization, the larger is the plastic deformation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 169-171 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Materials Science and Engineering A |
Volume | 448-451 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2007 Mar 25 |
Keywords
- Activation energy
- Crystallization
- Cu-based alloy
- Metallic glass
- Plasticity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Materials Science(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering