title: Ductile bulk metallic glass.
abstract: We report on experimental evidence of pronounced global plasticity measured in monolithic Pt57.5Cu14.7Ni5.3P22.5 bulk metallic glass under both bending and unconfined compression loading conditions. A plastic strain of 20% is measured, never before seen in metallic glasses. Also, permanent deformation and a strain exceeding 3% before failure is observed during bending of 4 mm thick samples. To date, no monolithic metallic material has exhibited such a combination of high strength, extensive ductility, and high elastic limit. The large plasticity is reflected in a high Poisson ratio of 0.42, which causes the tip of a shear band to extend rather than initiate a crack. This results in the formation of multiple shear bands and is the origin of the observed large global ductility and very high fracture toughness, approximately 80 MPa m(-1/2).
authors.affiliation: Keck Laboratory of Engineering Materials, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA. schroers@caltech.edu
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schroers
authors.forename: William L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Johnson