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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yong Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Ming Xiang Pan, Beijing, CN;
De Qian Zhao, Beijing, CN;
Wei Ilua Wang, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
Liquid Metal Technologies, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 4/510 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 4/510 ;
Abstract
A Zr-based bulk metallic glass formed using low purity materials at a low vacuum with a small amount of yttrium addition is provided. A method of improving the glass forming ability, crystallization and melting process without reducing the mechanical and elastic properties, such as hardness and Young's Modulus, of Zr-based alloys by yttrium addition, is also provided.