2004 Volume 45 Issue 7 Pages 2474-2477
The effect of partial substitution of Y for Gd on the glass forming ability of Mg65Cu15Ag10Y10 alloy has been studied using X-ray diffraction and differential thermal calorimetry. Partial substitution of Y by Gd improves the glass forming ability. The Mg65Cu15Ag10Y2Gd8 alloy shows the highest glass forming ability among the alloys investigated, enabling the fabrication of bulk metallic glass with the diameter of 9 mm by conventional Cu-mold casting method in air atmosphere. The compressive fracture strength and fracture elongation of the Mg65Cu15Ag10Y2Gd8 bulk metallic glass are 956 MPa and 1.6% respectively.