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EP2065478B1
EP2065478B1 EP08170293.8A EP08170293A EP2065478B1 EP 2065478 B1 EP2065478 B1 EP 2065478B1 EP 08170293 A EP08170293 A EP 08170293A EP 2065478 B1 EP2065478 B1 EP 2065478B1
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  • the present disclosure relates to a Zr-based amorphous alloy and a preparing method thereof.
  • Amorphous metallic alloys are disordered in the long range but ordered in the short range. They have desirable physical and chemical properties, such as high strength, high hardness, high wearing resistance, high corrosion resistance, relatively wide elastic range, high electric resistance, good superconductivity, and low magnetic loss. Amorphous metallic alloys have huge potential when used as structural materials. They are widely used in many fields such as mechanics, IT electronics, the military industry and so on.
  • amorphous metallic alloys limit their applications. For example, it is difficult to manufacture large size amorphous alloys. To obtain the disordered structure in the long range, atoms' spontaneous movement in the freezing process shall be restrained. The higher the cooling speed is, the lower the possibility is for the atoms to form orderly arrayed crystalline materials via spontaneous movement. But as product size increases, the internal cooling speed within the product is declining. Thus, the internal amorphous degree is low in the long range and it is difficult to form large size amorphous structures.
  • the amorphous alloy materials Due to their particular structure, while under stress, the amorphous alloy materials do not have the internal deformation mechanism as crystalline materials do in order to resist deformation. So when the stress reaches a certain degree, the amorphous alloy material may break suddenly, which may lead to catastrophic accidents. Thus, the applications of the amorphous alloy materials as structural materials are limited.
  • Zhao et al. discloses a Zr-Ti-Cu-Ni-Be-Fe bulk amorphous alloy and its preparing method ( Forming And Performance of The Zr-Ti-Cu-Ni-Be-Fe Bulk Amorphous Alloy And Amorphous-Based Nano-Composite, Zhao De Qian, Zhang Yong, Pan Ming Xiang, Meng Li Qin, Wang Wei Hua, Acta Metallurgica Sinica, March, 2000 ).
  • the method comprises adding 2-10 atomic percent of Fe to form a nano crystalline composite material in order to change the magnetic susceptibility of the material.
  • Zhao et al. does not address the issues of large size amorphous alloy manufacturing and the plasticity of the amorphous alloy materials. Zhao et al. "Formation and Performance of New Zr-Ti-Cu-Ni-Be-Fe Bulk Amorphous Alloy" Science in China (series A) vol. 43, no. 3, pages 307 to 311 reports the formation of the new Zr-Ti-Cu-Ni-Be-Fe bulk amorphous alloy with high strength.
  • the present invention provides a Zr-based amorphous alloy according to claim 1 and a method for the preparation thereof according to claim 6. Preferred embodiments are set forth in the subclaims.
  • a Zr-based amorphous alloy as defined in claim 1 is provided. Preferred embodiments are set forth in the subclaims.
  • the large parallelogram area is the amorphous alloy forming area, the boundary of which is determined by the composition range of the amorphous alloy according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • the small parallelogram area is the preferred amorphous alloy forming area, the boundary of which is determined by the preferred composition range of the amorphous alloy according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • the three vertexes of the quasi-three component phase diagram respectively represent the elements in the amorphous alloy.
  • the alloy in Fig. 1 does not include ETM and LTM.
  • the numbers on each axis represent the atomic percentages of the elements in the alloy.
  • a method for preparing a Zr-based amorphous alloy as defined in claim 6 comprises vacuum melting an amorphous alloy material and cooling the amorphous alloy material to form an amorphous alloy, both under inert gas.
  • the material for preparing the Zr-based amorphous alloy comprises Zr, Ti, Cu, Ni, Fe, and Be.
  • the material for preparing the Zr-based amorphous alloy also comprises Sn, and optionally ETM and LTM.
  • the amount of each element added should be adjusted such that the elements in the raw material have the following formula: (Zr x Ti y Sn z ) a : ETM b : (Cu m Ni n ) c : Fe d : LTM e : Be f , wherein a, b, c, d, e and f, x, y and z, m and n, ETM, and LTM are as defined above.
  • any suitable melting method can be used.
  • the melted raw materials should be mixed first, and then cooled to form ingots.
  • the raw materials can be melted in an electric arc melting equipment or an induction melting equipment.
  • the melting temperature and time differ to some extent according to the heating process selected.
  • the melting temperature can be about 1000-2700°C, preferably about 1500-2000°C.
  • the melting time is about 5-20 minutes.
  • the vacuum level is not higher than about 200 Pa, preferably about 0.01-5 Pa.
  • the ingots were crushed as if the molding process need.
  • the ingots then can be re-melted and molding.
  • Electric arc melting, induction melting, and resistance melting are commonly used in the re-melting process.
  • the re-melting temperature can be about 1000-2300°C, preferably about 1000-1500°C.
  • the vacuum level is not higher than about 200 Pa, preferably about 0.01-5 Pa.
  • Any suitable molding method can be used to form the amorphous alloy. For example, melt-spinning, copper mold casting, suction casting, die casting, jetting molding, or water quenching can be used.
  • the cooling speed of the molding process can be about 10-10 4 K/s. Since the critical dimensions differ among different components, different molding methods can be selected.
  • the inert gas can be one or more elements selected from the SF 6 gas and Group Zero elements of the Element Periodic Table.
  • a preparation method of a Zr-based amorphous alloy is illustrated in this example.
  • Raw materials Zr, Ti, Sn, Cu, Ni, Fe, Be (about 25 grams) were added to an electric arc melting equipment (Shen Yang Scientific Instrument Manufacturing Company Limited).
  • the formulars of the raw materials were as follows: (Zr 0.74 Ti 0.25 Sn 0.01 ) 55.34 (Cu 0.56 Ni 0.44 ) 20.65 Fe 1.96 Be 22.05 .
  • the equipment was vacuumized to about 5 Pa.
  • the raw material was melted at about 2000 °C under Ar protection for about 6 minutes.
  • the molten master alloy was mixed sufficiently, and then cooled into an ingot.
  • the ingot was re-melted at about 1500 °C using electric arc melting, and then cooled in a copper mold casting process with a cooling speed of about 10 2 k/s to obtain the Zr-based amorphous alloy sample C1.
  • Raw materials Zr, Ti, Sn, Cu, Ni, Fe, Be (about 200 kg) were added to an induction melting equipment (Zhongbei Technology).
  • the formulars of the raw materials were as follows: (Zr 0.74 Ti 0.25 Sn 0.01 ) 55.34 (Cu 0.56 Ni 0.44 ) 20.65 Fe 1.96 Be 22.05 .
  • the equipment was vacuumized to about 5 Pa.
  • the raw materials were melted at about 1800 °C under Ar protection for about 10 minutes.
  • the molten master alloy was mixed sufficiently, and then cooled into an ingot.
  • the ingot was re-melted at about 1200 °C using resistance heating, and then cooled in a die-casting process with a cooling speed of about 10 4 k/s to obtain the Zr-based amorphous alloy sample C2.
  • Raw materials Zr, Ti, Sn, Cu, Ni, Fe, Be (about 20 g) were added to a quartz tube (Zhongbei Technology).
  • the formulars of the raw materials were as follows: (Zr 0.80 Ti 0.17 Sn 0.03 ) 40 Y 5 Nb 5 (Cu 0.64 Ni 0.36 ) 25 Fe 5 Be 20 .
  • the tube was vacuumized to about 200 Pa.
  • the raw materials were melted at about 2000 °C by induction heating under Ar protection for about 5 minutes.
  • the molten master alloy was mixed sufficiently, and then cooled into an ingot.
  • the ingot was re-melted at about 1500 °C by induction heating, and then cooled in a water quenching process with a cooling speed of about 10 3 k/s to obtain the Zr-based amorphous alloy sample C3.
  • Still another preparation method of a Zr-based amorphous alloy is illustrated in this example.
  • Raw materials Zr, Ti, Sn, Cu, Ni, Fe, Be (about 200 kg) were added into an induction melting equipment.
  • the formulas of the raw materials were as follows: (Zr 0.65 Ti 0.29 Sn 0.06 ) 50 (Cu 0.5 Ni 0.5 ) 20 Co 10 Fe 3 Be 17 .
  • the equipment was vacuumized to about 5 Pa.
  • the raw materials were induction melted at about 1800 °C under Ar protection for about 10 minutes.
  • the molten master alloy was mixed sufficiently, and then cooled it into an ingot.
  • the ingot was re-melted at about 1000 °C by resistance heating, and then was melt-spinned with a cooling speed of about 10 4 k/s to obtain the Zr-based amorphous alloy sample C4.
  • Raw materials Zr, Ti, Sn, Cu, Ni, Fe, Be (about 20 g) were added into a quartz tube (Middle North Technology).
  • the formulas of the raw materials were as follows: (Zr 0.75 Ti 0.24 Sn 0.01 ) 60 W 3 (Cu 0.55 Ni 0.45 ) 15 Pd 2 Zn 1 Fe 4 Be 15 .
  • the tube was vacuumized to about 2 ⁇ 10 -2 Pa.
  • the raw materials were induction melted at about 2000 °C under Ar protection for about 5 minutes.
  • the molten master alloy was mixed sufficiently, and then cooled into an ingot.
  • the ingot was re-melted at about 1500 °C by induction heating, and then cooled in a water quenching process with a cooling speed of about 10 4 k/s to obtain the Zr-based amorphous alloy sample C5.
  • the control illustrates an amorphous material prepared according to the present art.
  • Raw materials Zr, Ti, Cu, Ni, Be, Fe (about 25 grams) were added into an electric arc melting equipment (Shen Yang Technical Instruments Manufacture Company Limited). The formulas of the raw materials were as follows: Zr 41 Ti 14 Cu 11 Ni 9.5 Fe 2 Be 22.5 . The equipment was vacuumized to about 5 Pa. The starting materials were melted at about 2000 °C under Ar protection for about 6 minutes. The molten master alloy was mixed sufficiently, and then cooled into an ingot. The ingot was re-melted at about 1500 °C by electric arc melting, and then was copper mold cast with a cooling speed of about 10 2 k/s to obtain the Zr-based amorphous alloy sample D1.
  • the samples were tested on a XinSansi CMT5000 series testing machine with a measuring range of 30KN and a loading speed of about 0.5 mm/minute.
  • the stress-strain conditions of the sample C1 and D1 were tested.
  • the test results are showed in Fig 2 .
  • XRD X-ray Powder Diffractometer
  • the Zr-based amorphous alloys provided according to embodiments of the present disclosure have critical dimensions larger than about 1 centimeter. Meanwhile, they have relatively higher hardness. As shown in Fig. 3 , there are no sharp diffraction peaks in the XRD diagrams of Sample C1, C2, C3, C4, C5 and D1, which indicates the alloys have a high degree of amorphization. As shown in Fig. 2 , the Zr-based amorphous alloy C1 provided according to one embodiment of the present disclosure and the Zr-based amorphous alloy D1 provided according to the prior art assume substantially overlapping curves in the low stress area when identical stresses were applied.

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