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MM: Fachverband Metall- und Materialphysik
MM 43: Liquid and Amorphous Metals II
MM 43.6: Talk
Thursday, March 26, 2009, 17:15–17:30, IFW A
Elastostatic preloading of bulk metallic glasses — •Denise Beitelschmidt1, Sergio Scudino1, Uta Kühn1, and Jürgen Eckert1,2 — 1IFW Dresden, Institut für Komplexe Materialien, Helmholtzstrasse 20, D-01069 Dresden — 2TU Dresden, Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaft, D-01062 Dresden
Many bulk metallic glasses (BMG) show excellent elastic properties but their plastic behaviour is poor at room temperature. However recently, it has been reported that elastostatic compression below the yielding point can be used to enhance the plasticity of BMGs. In this work, the effect of preloading in the elastic regime on the structure and mechanical behaviour of different BMGs is investigated. Different alloys are tested with regard to their changing mechanical properties: as-cast and after preloading. Rods have been cast by different mould-casting techniques and were studied concerning their as-cast structural properties. Those as-cast samples have been preloaded for different periods and loads in the elastic regime and the effect on room-temperature plastic deformation has been investigated. Possible structure variation (e.g., SRO, atomic packing etc.) and creation of free volume as a result of preloading have been analyzed by XRD, DSC, density measurements and ultrasonic investigations. The results will be discussed with already published results from other groups to clarify the mechanisms of structural changes by preloading below yield strength.