文摘
Advanced Ag8Al8Cu36Zr48 master alloys were produced by arc- and induction melting and examined. The arc-melted ingot has an amorphous structure with a certain amount of metastable phase, compared to the induction-melted ingot, which contained AlCu2Zr, CuZr2 and Ag3Al phases. Amorphous wedge-shape samples were produced by centrifugal casting from the arc-melted master alloy. Amorphous/crystalline powders were synthesized by ball-milling with different milling times from the induction-melted master alloy. The resulting powder contained Ag2Al phase after 5 h milling, the amount of which was reduced after 9 h milling. The thermal stability of the samples was investigated by DSC. The effective activation energies of the first crystallization were evaluated according to Kissinger鈥檚 method and there were found to be the same, 271-268 J/g. The low activation energy suggests a good ductility.