Abstract
In order to clarify relationship between plasticity and microstructure for a Ni 60Pd 20P 17B 3 bulk metallic glass (BMG) at cryogenic temperature, we investigated the microstructures of both the shear band and fracture surface for the BMG compressively fractured at room temperature (RT) and 77 K (liquid Nitrogen temperature) using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). HRTEM images from the BMG fractured at 77 K clearly reveal that there are nanocrystalline particles around both shear band and fracture surface, but not in undeformed region. The sizes of the particles fractured at 77 K are smaller than those fractured at RT. These particles ranged from 3 to 5 nm in size are thought to consist of an fcc palladium–nickel solid solution phase. The particles with smaller size and the ductile fcc phase may effectively restrain the propagation of shear bands, resulting in enhancement of plastic deformation at cryogenic temperature.
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