Design of reactive foils for joining amorphous alloys

非晶态合金或金属玻璃是一种特殊的材料，它保持了液体的随机结构，但以固体形式存在。它们可以显示出非常高的强度、韧性和耐腐蚀性的特殊性能。连接非晶合金以制造更大组件的巨大困难极大地限制了它们在技术上的应用。在这项研究中，最先进的实验和计算工具将被用来调查发生在层状金属的反应箔，当插入在拟议的连接和点燃，迅速产生债券的极快的高温反应。该研究将为通过反应箔连接非晶合金的稳健和可靠的方法奠定基础。

Amorphous alloys or metallic glasses are special materials that retain the random structure of a liquid but in a solid form. They can show special properties of very high strength, toughness and corrosion resistance. The enormous difficulty in joining amorphous alloys to make larger assemblies is greatly curbing their uptake in technology. In this research, state of the art experimental and computational tools will be used to investigate the extremely fast high temperature reactions occurring in reactive foils of layered metals which, when inserted at the proposed join and ignited, quickly produce a bond. The research will lay the foundation for a robust and reliable means for joining amorphous alloys by means of reactive foils.