Materion Corp., Mayfield Heights, Ohio, has introduced a bulk metallic glass product line based on zirconium. Also known as Vitreloy, or Liquidmetal alloys, they are now available from Materion in volume quantities. Bulk metallic glasses are amorphous alloys derived from unique alloy combinations whose disparate atoms retain a random structure when they solidify. As a result, these alloys can be formed into a finished product as if they were plastic.
Amorphous alloys have unique properties, including very high specific strength (often twice that of titanium and stainless steel), relatively high hardness (> 50 Rc), high elastic range (~2%), and unparalleled corrosion resistance. Amorphous alloys often enable lower production costs because they require fewer steps than conventional crystallline metals.
Liquidmetal Technologies Inc. Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., is a leading developer of bulk metallic glass technology. Materion is a Certified Liquidmetal Partner (CLP) for the production of BMGs. Materion’s BMG alloys are also available for Liquidmetal and its licensees under their respective Liquidmetal alloy trade names, LM1b, LM105, LM601, and LM106a.
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