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Metallic Glasses

Metallic glasses are metallic materials that have a disordered atomic structure rather than a crystalline structure. They are produced by rapidly cooling molten alloys to prevent crystallization. Some key properties of metallic glasses include high strength, hardness, corrosion and wear resistance compared to crystalline alloys. Common production methods are physical vapor deposition, solid-state reaction, and melt spinning which involves rapidly spinning molten alloy to solidify. Potential applications of metallic glasses include tape recorder heads, transformer cores, magnetic shielding, springs, sensors and components that benefit from high strength and corrosion resistance.

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Metallic Glasses

Metallic glasses are metallic materials that have a disordered atomic structure rather than a crystalline structure. They are produced by rapidly cooling molten alloys to prevent crystallization. Some key properties of metallic glasses include high strength, hardness, corrosion and wear resistance compared to crystalline alloys. Common production methods are physical vapor deposition, solid-state reaction, and melt spinning which involves rapidly spinning molten alloy to solidify. Potential applications of metallic glasses include tape recorder heads, transformer cores, magnetic shielding, springs, sensors and components that benefit from high strength and corrosion resistance.

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METALLIC GLASSES

Dr.P.KATHIRVEL
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
COIMBATORE-641004
OBJECTIVES

1.Introduction to metallic glasses.


2.Methods for producing metallic glasses.
3. Properties of metallic glasses
4. Applications
INTRODUCTION
An amorphous metal is
a metallic material with
a disordered atomic-
scale structure. In
contrast to most metals,
which are crystalline
and therefore have a
highly ordered
arrangement of atoms, amorphous
amorphous alloys are
non-crystalline
Materials in which such
a disordered structure
is produced directly
from the liquid state
during cooling are
called "glasses", and so
amorphous metals are
commonly referred to crystalline
as "metallic glasses" or
"glassy metals".
Definition
Metallic glasses are a class of metallic alloys in
which the crystallization process has been
"frustrated" in some way, to the extent like a
liquid, disordered long range atomic structure
exists at Transition temperatures well below the
melting temperature of the alloy.
Transition temperature is defined as the
temperature at which atomic configuration from
liquid state changes into frozen (solid)state. The
transition temperature for the metallic alloys is
~ 20°C to 30°C.
Metals are solids which exhibits crystalline
property,malleability,ductility etc.
Glasses are solids in the amorphous form which
exhibits high tranparency,brittle in nature .
Metallic glasses share the properties of metals
and glasses.
Schematic Representation of Metallic Glass formation
Types of Metallic Glasses
Metal-Metal glasses (Ni- Nb, Mg-Zn)
Metal- Metalloid glasses (Fe,Co,Ni)-(B,Si,C,P)

Methods of Preparation
Physical vapor deposition
Solid-state reaction
Melt spinning
Mechanical alloying .
Melt Spinning Technique
Melt spinning is a technique used for rapid
cooling of liquids. A wheel is cooled internally,
usually by water or liquid nitrogen, and rotated.
A thin stream of liquid is then dripped onto the
wheel and cooled, causing rapid solidification.
This technique is used to develop metallic
glasses that require extremely high cooling rates
in order to form. The cooling rates achievable by
melt-spinning are on the order of 104–107
Kelvin per second (K/s).
Properties
The mechanical properties of metallic glasses
have superior strength, hardness, excellent
corrosion and wear resistance, combined with
their general inability to undergo homogeneous
plastic deformation.
In particular, they tend to be stronger than
crystalline alloys of similar chemical
composition, and they can sustain larger
reversible ("elastic") deformations than
crystalline alloys.
They are free from crystal defects and grain
boundaries.
High Corrosion Resistance
They Exhibit Ferromagnetism
Low hysteresis loss
High magnetic permeability
High electrical resistance
High electrical resistivity (low eddy current loss)
Applications
Tape recorder heads
Cores in high power transformers
Magnetic shielders
Spring fabrication
Magneto resistance sensors
Radioactive waste disposal
Marine cables
Inner surfaces in reactor vessels
Catalyst in hydrocarbon production

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