Predicting the Composition of Metallic Glasses

AFRL scientists made significant progress in developing bulk metallic glasses to improve the durability and performance of aerospace components. They also successfully created working scientific models that can predict the composition of new metallic glasses, a capability that helps researchers determine in advance whether a particular glass can be manufactured in bulk form. As a direct result of their effort, researchers recently discovered several new bulk metallic glasses. Their work also led to the successful development of a new technique to illustrate the topology of amorphous (noncrystalline) metal alloys.