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Determining the fragility of bulk metallic glass forming liquids via modulated DSC
Maximilian Frey1, Nico Neuber1, Oliver Gross1,2
1Chair of Metallic Materials, Saarland University, Campus C6.3, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany.
Abstract:
Temperature modulated DSC is used to study the fragility of three different bulk metallic glass forming liquids. Through applying various modulation frequencies, the dynamic glass transition shifts in temperature, allowing to determine the temperature dependence of the average relaxation time for each system. The resulting fragilities are compared with fragility investigations in literature obtained using thermo-mechanical analysis and the heating rate dependence of the calorimetric glass transition. Different methods to compare the data are evaluated and discussed.

