Ferromagnetic Fe-based bulk metallic glasses with high thermoplastic formability

New multi-component Fe-based bulk metallic glasses with excellent thermoplastic formability and good soft magnetic and mechanical properties were developed based on an Fe75P10C10B5 alloy. These glasses also exhibit a wide supercooled liquid region of similar to 89 K, a low glass transition temperature of similar to 705 K, low viscosity of similar to 10(7) Pa s in the supercooled liquid state and high glass-forming ability, with critical sample diameters exceeding 4 mm. (c) 2013 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.