Abstract:
In order to shorten the period of researching new Cu-Zr-based amorphous alloys by using a single experimental method and reduce the development cost, the molecular dynamics simulation method was used.The effects of Y content on the mechanical properties of Cu-Zr-based amorphous alloys were studied. The enthalpy of formation method was confirmed that Y doping tends to occupy the Zr atomic position. Amorphous alloys with four composition ratios of Cu
64Zr
64,Cu
64Zr
63Y, Cu
64Zr
59Y
5and Cu
64Zr
54Y
9(correspondingly rewritten as atomic percentages, namely Cu
50Zr
50, Cu
50Zr
49.2Y
0.8,Cu
50Zr
46.1Y
3.9and Cu
50Zr
42.1Y
7.9) were prepared by simulation, and the atomic model of amorphous alloys was established. The RDF (Radial distribution function) was used to analyze the degree of disorder of the amorphous alloy structure; the constant strain method was used to calculate the elastic modulus of the constructed model. Based on the relationship between the elastic modulus and the tensile strength and hardness of the amorphous alloy Qualitative relationship, the mechanical properties of amorphous alloys were infered. The results show that Y doping enhances the mechanical properties of Cu-Zr based amorphous alloys, and with the Y content increasing from 0 at% to 3.9 at%, the elastic model of the amorphous alloy increases from 39GPa to 90 GPa, but when the Y content is furtherly increased to 7.9 at%, the elastic modulus of the amorphous alloy drops sharply to 68 GPa, that is, the Cu
64Zr
59Y
5amorphous alloy with 3.9 at% Y content has the best mechanical properties.