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The tensile flow and fracture behavior of three Pdo.8Sio2-based alloys in the glassy, “microcrystalline,” and fully crystalline condition has been studied. The glassy alloys flow plastically to a total strain of approximately 0.5 pct e, and exhibit proportional limit stresses of approximatelyE x 10~2 whereE is Young’s modulus. This plastic flow is accompanied by the formation of shear deformation bands on the specimen surfaces. Fully crystalline alloys are extremely brittle and fracture via intergranular cracking. Fracture surfaces of the amorphous and “microcrystalline” alloys are inclined at 45 deg to the tensile axis and exhibit two morphologically distinct zones. One zone is relatively featureless while the other contains a “river” pattern of local necking protrusions. Detailed comparison of opposing surfaces indicates that fracture is preceded by large local plastic shear which produces the smooth zone while the local necking pattern is produced during rupture. These observations form the basis for the hypothesis that plastic flow in the glassy material occurs via localized strain concentrations and that fracture is initiated by catastrophic, “adiabatic” shear.
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Leamy, H.J., Wang, T.T. & Chen, H.S. Plastic flow and fracture of metallic glass. Metall Trans 3, 699–708 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02642754
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