Glassy Metals

1 Introduction.- 2. Most important methods for production of ribbon-like and bulk amorphous metallic alloys.- 3. Experimental methods for determination of the magnitude and temperature dependence of the viscosity of amorphous metallic alloys.- 4. Viscous behavior of amorphous ribbon-like metallic alloys depending on different factors.- 5. Basic concepts of the Free Volume Model. Structural relaxation and viscosity in the framework of the model.- 6. Glass forming ability, crystallization and viscosity of rapidly solidified amorphous C 100-xZrx and Cu100-xZrx alloys.- 7 Bend stress relaxation of amorphous metallic alloys under isothermal and non-isothermal heating conditions.- 8 Structural relaxation in various amorphous metallic alloys studied via direct viscosity and bend stress relaxation measurements.- 9. Thermal expansion and heat capacity of amorphous metallic alloys. Interpretation of their anomalous behavior in the framework of FVM.- 10 Relation between the density changes and the thermal expansion anomalies in the amorphous metallic alloys.- 11 Crystallization kinetics of bulk amorphous metallic alloys and its relation to the forgoing relaxation processes.- 12 Mechanical properties of amorphous metallic alloys and their relation to the viscosity characteristic parameters.- 13 Properties and application of amorphous metallic alloys.

"The purpose of the book is to review the methods of production of both ribbon-like and bulk amorphous metallic alloys. ... The book is a concise and handy introduction to glassy metals and especially the free volume model. The authors are clear proponents of this model ... ." (David Cheneler, Applied Rheology, Vol. 26 (4), 2016)