On valence electron density, energy dissipation and plasticity of bulk metallic glasses

• Main Authors: Pang, Jianjun, Tan, M. J., Liew, K. M.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96785; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/11664
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In conventional crystalline alloys, valence electron density (VED) is one of the most significant factors in determining their phase stability and mechanical properties. Extending the concept to metallic glasses (MGs), it is found, not totally surprisingly, that their mechanical properties are VED-d...