Effect of transition elements (Ti,V, Cr,Mn, Co,Ni) oh thermal stability of Fe-B metallic glasses Part II: Crystallization temperature

The thermal stability against crystallization of iron-boron-based metallic glasses is investigated. The effect of small additions of transition elements on the crystallization temperature is shown, and a steric factor associated with the different substitutional atoms is pointed out to explain the results.Some analogies with the effect of substitutional elements on the primary recrystallization of iron-based cold-yorked solid solutions are suggested.