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What are bulk metallic glasses?

April 15, 2014 by Admin Leave a Comment

  • Alloys with critical cooling rates low enough to allow formation of amorphous structure in thick layers (over 1 millimeter) are known as bulk metallic glasses (BMG). They are twice as strong as titanium, tougher and more elastic than ceramics, and have excellent wear and corrosion resistance.
  • Bulk metallic glasses are now being used in consumer electronic industries, sporting goods industries, Industrial coatings for improved wear and corrosion resistance, as a replacement for depleted uranium in Kinetic Energy Penetrators for the military, casings for cell phones, scalpels, sporting goods such as bats and tennis racquets.

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