Synthesis and Mechanical Properties of Ti-Zr-Cu-Pd-Mo Amorphous Alloy Based Composites with In-situ Autogenous β-Ti Phase
Ti-based amorphous alloys possess excellent properties such as low density,good bio-compatibility and high corrosion resistance,which makes them one kind of promising materials used as biomedical materials.However,the room-temperature brittleness of Ti-based amorphous alloys limits their application.In order to improve the room-temperature plasticity of Ti-based amorphous alloys,the present study,a small amount of Mo(a β-Ti stabilizing element)is added to the Ti40Zr10Cu36Pd14 amor-phous alloy so that the plastic β-Ti phase particles may be precipitated in-situ within the alloy during the solidification process.It is expected that in the subsequent deformation process,the plastic β-Ti phase can effectively impede the rapid propagation of the main shear band in the matrix,causing deflects,branching or multiplication of it.The multiple shear bands significantly improved the room-temperature mechanical properties.Finally,the optimal room-temperature mechanical properties were obtained for the amorphous alloy(Ti0.4Zr0.1Cu0.36Pd014)95Mo5 which showed the fracture strength of 2630 MPa and plastic strain of 7.3%,namely 32.0%and 508%higher than that of the base alloy,respectively.
metallic materialsamorphous alloy matrix compositesroom-temperature plasticityshear band