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- Title
The Superplastic Forming of Bulk Metallic Glasses.
- Authors
Schroers, Jan
- Abstract
Superplastic forming (SPF) is introduced in this article as a net-shape processing method for bulk metallic glasses (BMGs), commercially known as Liquidmetal® alloys. This method decouples fast cooling and forming of the BMG. Forming takes place in the supercooled liquid region, where the BMG exists as a highly viscous liquid and increases its fluidity with increasing temperature. The SPF method is very similar to techniques used for processing thermoplastics. In this work, a simple flow law is used to quantify the forming ability and to estimate both the potential and the limitations of the SPF method. This process is especially well suited to replicate small features and thin sections with high aspect ratios, which makes this process appropriate for microelectromechanical systems, nano- and microtechnology, jewelry, medical and optical applications, and data storage.
- Subjects
SUPERPLASTIC forming (Metalwork); METALWORK; SUPERPLASTICITY; METALLIC glasses; ALLOYS; SUPERCOOLED liquids
- Publication
JOM: The Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), 2005, Vol 57, Issue 5, p35
- ISSN
1047-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11837-005-0093-2