Direct TEM Observation of Phase Separation and Crystallization in Cu45Zr45Ag10 Metallic Glass

Hui Wang, Shang-Gang Xiao, Tao Zhang, Qiang Xu, Zeng-Qian Liu, Meng-Yue Wu, Frans Tichelaar, Henny Zandbergen

Fig. 3 a, b HAADF images of Cu45Zr45Ag10 amorphous alloy acquired at 200 °C at a heating rate of 20 K/min and the EDX spectra in inset b, c HREM image of amorphous structure of both Ag-rich (circled dark area) and Cu-rich matrix, d SAED pattern showing a typical amorphous halo ring