Simplified thermodynamic method to predict the glass formation of the ternary transition metal systems

Abstract

By considering the different effects of enthalpies on the glass formation of ternary transition metal systems, a thermodynamic method is proposed to predict the glass-forming regions as well as the glass-forming abilities. Cu–Zr–Ti and ten more ternary systems, as well as the corresponding binary subsystems, were studied, and the predictions agree well with the experimental observations.