1989 Volume 29 Issue 7 Pages 539-549
Amorphous alloy surfaces and their surface-related properties including surface compositions of as-processed alloys, effects of surface treatments on the surface compositions, corrosion behavior, catalytic properties for electrochemical reactions, and methods for preparation of amorphous alloys for utilization of superior characteristics of amorphous alloy surfaces are reviewed. The majority of the surface-related superior characteristics of amorphous alloys is based on the homogeneous single phase nature capable of forming a solid solution even if it is supersaturated with various elements. This characteristic enables us to tailor novel materials having new, attractive, unique and useful properties by additions of sufficient amounts of necessary elements.
