a Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia, 116 Engineers Way, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
b Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
Abstract:
As an extension to previous work on Al-rare earth metal binary alloys [Scripta Mater. 50 (2004) 987], the glass forming ranges (GFR) of Al–Gd–Ni (Fe) are analyzed and compared with those experimentally determined for the quenched alloys. The multicomponent effects on the GFRs are illustrated from a thermodynamic perspective.