GLASS FORMING ABILITY AND NON-ISOTHERMAL KINETICS OF  GLASS FORMING ALLOY

Jiang-Hong Li (P. R. China), Wei-Ke An (P. R. China), An-Hui Cai (P. R. China), Yun Luo (P. R. China), Tie-Lin Li (P. R. China) and Xiao-Song Li (P. R. China)

Received January 10, 2009

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Keywords and phrases: bulk metallic glass, Zr-Al-Ni-Cu, non-isothermal crystallization, thermal stability.