Acquisition of Equipment to Assist in the Synthesis and Property Measurement of Bulk Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Metal Alloys

9601651弗吉尼亚大学将购买用于合成和表征块状非晶和纳米晶金属合金的Shiflet设备。该仪器包括用于金属合金熔旋和感应熔炼的振荡器电源、用于高温机械测试的炉子、显微硬度计、扫描力显微镜的升级和附件，以及用于制造集束组装材料的机器的部件。将使用所需设备的研究活动包括金属玻璃和纳米晶体材料的合成和表征、研究尺寸和形状对小规模沉淀物结合的影响以及金属玻璃合金的形态和腐蚀。这项研究满足了国家对新型块体金属玻璃和纳米晶体材料这一重要领域的研究和教育活动的需求。这些新材料的性能具有足够的潜力，因此国外已经为它们的研究进行了相当大的投资。重要的是，在美国也要保持强有力的努力。***

9601651 Shiflet Equipment for the synthesis and characterization of bulk amorphous and nanocrystalline metal alloys will be acquired by the University of Virginia. The instrumentation includes an oscillator power supply for use in melt-spinning and induction melting for metal alloys, a furnace for mechanical testing at high temperatures, a microhardness tester, upgrades and attachments to a scanning force microscope, and parts for building a machine for making cluster-assembled materials. Research activities that will use the requested equipment encompass the synthesis and characterization of metallic glasses and nanocrystalline materials, studies of size and shape effects on the coalescence of small-scale precipitates, and morphology and corrosion of metallic glass alloys. %%% The research fills a national need for both research and educational activities in the important area of new bulk metallic glasses and nanocrystalline materials. The properties of these new materials have sufficient potential that a considerable investment has been made abroad for their study. It is important that a strong effort be maintained in the US as well. ***