Treatise on Materials Science and Technology

Ultrarapid Quenching of Liquid Alloys

1st Edition - November 12, 2012
Editor: Herbert Herman
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
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Treatise on Materials Science and Technology, Volume 20: Ultrarapid Quenching of Liquid Alloys investigates the relationship between the science and utility of materials, with emphasis on the ultrarapid quenching of liquid alloys. Topics covered range from rapid solidification of non-metals and crystalline iron-base alloys to corrosion behavior of amorphous alloys. Experimental methods in rapid quenching from the melt are also discussed. This volume is comprised of nine chapters and begins with a historical overview of various methods that have evolved for producing rapidly solidified materials. The criteria for the formation of highly metastable states and how these relate to experiment are described. Subsequent chapters explore rapid solidification of non-metals; the industrial implications of rapid solidification of iron-based alloys by means of plasma spraying; annealing effects in metallic glasses; and the corrosion behavior of amorphous alloys. The mechanical properties of metallic glasses are also considered, along with the electrical properties of rapidly solidified materials. This book should be of interest to materials scientists and engineers as well as metallurgists, researchers, and students.

List of Contributors

Foreword

Preface

1 Experimental Methods in Rapid Quenching from the Melt

I. Introduction

II. Historical Survey

III. Survey of Methods for Rapid Quenching from the Melt

IV. Cooling and Freezing

V. Product Formation

VI. Micro Structure

VII. Conclusion

List of Symbols

References

2 Rapid Solidification of Nonmetals

Introduction

I. Experimental Devices

II. New Metastable Phases

III. Physical Studies of Amorphous Oxides

Conclusion

References

3 Rapid Solidification of Crystalline Iron-Base Alloys

I. Introduction

II. Techniques and Related Matters

III. As-Solidified Structures of Ferrous Alloys

IV. Heat-Treated Alloys

V. Commercial Alloys—Structure

VI. Mechanical Properties

VII. Conclusions and Future Trends

References

4 Plasma-Sprayed Materials

I. Introduction

II. Plasma Characteristics

III. The Characterization of Plasma-Sprayed Materials

IV. Conclusions

References

5 Metallic Glasses

I. Introduction

II. Nature of the Glassy State

III. Glass Formation

IV. Atomic Transport Properties

V. Structure

VI. Physical Properties and Low-Temperature Transport Behavior

VII. Prospect

References

6 Annealing Effects in Metallic Glasses

I. Introduction

II. Thermodynamic Aspects of Annealing

III. Basic Effects of Annealing in Metallic Glasses

IV. Closing Remarks

References

7 Corrosion Behavior of Amorphous Alloys

I. Introduction

II. Fundamental Aspects of Corrosion of Amorphous Alloys

III. Causes for Great Corrosion Resistance of Certain Amorphous Alloys

IV. Concluding Remarks

References

8 Mechanical Properties of Amorphous Metals and Alloys

I. Elastic Properties

II. Anelastic Properties

III. Yielding, Hardness, and Inhomogeneous Shear

IV. Stress Relaxation, Plastic Flow, and Creep

V. Fracture

VI. Fatigue

VII. Micromechanisms

VIII. Summary and Conclusions

Appendix

References

9 Electrical Properties of Liquid-Quenched Metals

I. Introduction

II. Supersaturated Solid Solutions

III. Nonequilibrium Crystalline Phases

IV. Amorphous Metallic Alloys

References

Index

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