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| Author(s): |
Flavio Soares Pereira
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Carlos. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC/BT) |
| Defense date: | 2009-05-08 |
| Examining board members: |
Marcelo Falcão de Oliveira;
Antonio Carlos Hernandes;
Cassius Olivio Figueiredo Terra Ruchert
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| Advisor: | Marcelo Falcão de Oliveira |
| Abstract | |
Bulk metallic glasses are new materials with different features in comparison with conventional metallic alloys. The processing techniques of such alloys are still not consolidated in Brazilian research centers because of inherent processing difficulties. This work describes the development of a system for the synthesis and casting of bulk metallic glassy samples. The system was evaluated by its performance and alloys repeatability. The Cu46Zr42Al7Y5 alloy was processed and analyzed for the formation of amorphous structure through X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). It was produced two samples with fully amorphous structure at average thickness of 1.5 mm and one sample reaching around 5.5 mm of fully glassy structure. The same glass transition temperature reported on scientific literature was found in the alloys processed in the present work. Thus, the system has shown efficiency on atmosphere control, sample quenching and others important variables that are, by default, necessary to succeed in amorphous structure formation. (AU) | |