Arrhenius activation of Zr65Cu18Ni7Al10 bulk metallic glass in the supercooled liquid region

In the current research, the dynamic mechanical spectrum and compressive deformation of Zr₆₅Cu₁₈Ni₇Al₁₀ bulk metallic glass in the supercooled liquid region (SLR) are investigated. The experimental results prove the existence of transition from Newtonian flow to non-Newtonian flow in the metallic glasses. In addition, we found that the characteristic stress σ_tc, which is obtained by a stretched exponential function based on the normalized viscosity, can be regarded as a transition point from Newtonian to non-Newtonian flow. The correlation between strain rate sensitivity exponent and corresponding strain rate was obtained at a certain temperature. It is noted that the variation of transition strain rate from Newtonian to non-Newtonian flow with different absolute temperatures follows the Arrhenius equation. The activation energy is in good accordance with that using the mechanical spectroscopy method.