Fig. 1: The experimental scheme of tensile tests on Zr55Cu30Al10Ni5 (Zr55) bulk metallic glass (BMG) with pulsed electric current applied to the BMG specimen. | Communications Materials

Fig. 1: The experimental scheme of tensile tests on Zr55Cu30Al10Ni5 (Zr55) bulk metallic glass (BMG) with pulsed electric current applied to the BMG specimen.

From: Expanding the homogeneous regime of deformation in bulk metallic glass by electromigration-induced rejuvenation

Fig. 1

a Schematic illustration of the experimental setup; b actual experimental setup, and c close-up on the BMG specimen, the thermocouple, and the extensometer; d geometry of the BMG specimen for tensile test; e illustration on the pattern of the current pulses adopted, a square wave; f an example of the current pulses actually generated, a square wave with a pulse width of 0.5 ms, and a pulse period of 5 ms.

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