Can Severe Plastic Deformation Tune Nanocrystallization in Fe-Based Metallic Glasses?

Author(s)
Monika Antoni, Florian Spieckermann, Niklas Plutta, Christoph Gammer, Marlene Kapp, Parthiban Ramasamy, Christian Polak, Reinhard Pippan, Michael J. Zehetbauer, Jürgen Eckert
Abstract

The effects of severe plastic deformation (SPD) by means of high-pressure torsion (HPT) on the structural properties of the two iron-based metallic glasses Fe73.9Cu1Nb3Si15.5B6.6 and Fe81.2Co4Si0.5B9.5P4Cu0.8 have been investigated and compared. While for Fe73.9Cu1Nb3Si15.5B6.6, HPT processing allows us to extend the known consolidation and deformation ranges, HPT processing of Fe81.2Co4Si0.5B9.5P4Cu0.8 for the first time ever achieves consolidation and deformation with a minimum number of cracks. Using numerous analyses such as X-ray diffraction, dynamic mechanical analyses, and differential scanning calorimetry, as well as optical and transmission electron microscopy, clearly reveals that Fe81.2Co4Si0.5B9.5P4Cu0.8 exhibits HPT-induced crystallization phenomena, while Fe73.9Cu1Nb3Si15.5B6.6 does not crystallize even at the highest HPT-deformation degrees applied. The reasons for these findings are discussed in terms of differences in the deformation energies expended, and the number and composition of the individual crystalline phases formed. The results appear promising for obtaining improved magnetic properties of glassy alloys without additional thermal treatment.

Organisation(s)
Physics of Nanostructured Materials
External organisation(s)
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW), Montanuniversität Leoben, University of Dunaujvaros, Vacuumschmelze GmbH
Journal
Materials
Volume
16
No. of pages
14
ISSN
1996-1944
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16031260
Publication date
02-2023
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103018 Materials physics
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Materials Science(all), Condensed Matter Physics
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/can-severe-plastic-deformation-tune-nanocrystallization-in-febased-metallic-glasses(a18ceb13-ca13-42f8-8cac-8e9a584d432a).html