Correlation between the structure and internal friction of metallic glass Cu45Ti55

The structural change of metallic glass Cu₄₅Ti₅₅ from room temperature to 800 K is investigated by combining internal friction using the torsion penulum method with X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The internal friction curve exhibits a point of inflection at about 640 K and an internal friction peak between 640 and 780 K, which corresponds to the precipitation of CuTi₂ (tetragonal) and a metastable phase I (tetragonal) and the formation of CuTi (tetragonal), respectively. The result shows that internal friction is closely related to the phase transition during crystallization, and there is much correspondence between internal friction and DSC in describing the crystallization behavior of metallic glasses.