Rev.Adv.Mater.Sci. (RAMS)
No 5, Vol. 18, 2008, pages 494-496

AL-U BASED AMORPHOUS ALLOYS OBTAINED BY MELT SPINNING METHOD

Éva Fazakas and Lajos K. Varga

Abstract

New Al-U based glassy alloys are reported and their glass forming ability is discussed in the frame of the existing GFA criteria. Uranium is a good glass former in binary, ternary and quaternary compositions although the atomic size mismatch condition is not satisfied.

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