Investigation of Thermal and Corrosion Behavior of a Ti-Based Bulk Metallic Glass with Composition of (Ti41Zr25Be28Fe6)93Cu7

Document Type : Original Articles

Authors

• Zahra Jamili shirvan
• Gholamreza Heidari

Faculty of Material and chemist, Esfarayen University of Technology, Esfarayen, North Khorasan, Islamic Republic of Iran.

10.22067/jmme.2021.58869.0

Abstract

Structure, thermal and corrosion behavior of (Ti₄₁Zr₂₅Be₂₈Fe₆)₉₃Cu₇ bulk metallic glass in two different solutions were studied using X-ray diffraction pattern, Vickers micro hardness test, Differential Scaning Calorimetry and tafel polarization methods. The amorphous samples were heated up to the final temperature of crystallization.  It was revealed that the studied alloy has complex crystallization behavior including 5 steps of crystallization. Crystallized phases of each crystallization step and its hardness were identified. The studied alloy with corrosion current density of 0.4 μA/cm² in 3.5wt % NaCl solution is a suitable candidate for engineering and biomedical applications. Heating the samples in super cooled region showed insignificant changes in corrosion rate. An obvious decrease in corrosion resistance was observed in samples heated in crystallization region.

Keywords

• Ti-based bulk metallic glass
• Thermal behavior
• Crystallization
• Corrosion behavior

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