Bulk Metallic Glasses

📘 Book Details

• Author: A. Inoue

• Publisher: CRC Press

• Language: English

• ISBN: 9780367657505

• Pages: 520

• Cover: Paperback

• Release Date: 30-09-2020

📝 About The Book

The second edition of Bulk Metallic Glasses by A. Inoue provides an updated and comprehensive look at this rapidly advancing field of materials science. Reflecting the latest research, this edition remains a crucial reference for understanding the unique properties and applications of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs). The book has been extensively revised to include major advances in glass-forming ability, corrosion behavior, and mechanical properties. New criteria for predicting glass-forming ability in alloys are discussed in detail.

Special emphasis has been placed on recent developments in areas such as processing hierarchical surface structures, synthesizing nanophase composites, and creating novel high-strength, high-ductility, and superelastic BMGs. Emerging topics like high-entropy BMGs, nanoporous alloys, nanocrystalline alloys, and soft magnetic glassy alloys with high saturation magnetization are also covered.

The book highlights groundbreaking applications of BMGs, including metallic glassy screw bolts, surface coatings, hyperthermia glasses, ultra-thin mirrors, pressure sensors, mobile phone casings, and degradable biomedical materials. Authored by leading experts in the field, this edition continues to be an indispensable resource for anyone working with or studying bulk metallic glasses.