Thermodynamic and kinetic fragilities of Mg-based bulk metallic glass-forming liquids

Abstract

The thermodynamic and kinetic fragilities of two near-eutectic Mg-based bulk metallic glass (BMG)-forming liquids, Mg61Cu28Gd11 and Mg59.5Cu22.9Ag6.6Gd11, were investigated using high-precision differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). The thermodynamic fragility denoted as F3/4 was determined by evaluating the temperature dependence of the excess entropy Sex. The heating rate dependence of the relaxation time at the glass transition temperature was investigated to measure the kinetic fragility. A positive correlation between the thermodynamic and kinetic fragilities could be established in Mg-based BMG-forming liquids on the basis of Adam-Gibbs equation in contrast to a number of other BMGs.