Real-Time In-situ Characterization of the Structure of Amorphous Metallic Alloys |
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Collaborators: W.L. Johnson, Dale Conner and Haein Choi-Yim at California Institute of Technology
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Materials:
Nanomaterials
Metals
Composites
Application: Nanotechnology Structural Technique: Characterization Computation |
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Recent research efforts have provided multicomponent metallic systems that show critical cooling rates for glass formation on the order of 1 K/s. This makes the formation of metallic glasses more "practical" than previously possible. Metal glasses have potential for improved mechanical properties due to their lack of slip systems. The University of Michigan component of this collaborative project will focus on stability issues of these met-glasses via in-situ high temperature characterization methods that include the use of high energy synchotron radiation and mechanical testing.This project ended August 2004, with much of the results summarized in Michelle Tokarz's Ph.D. dissertation. |