Practical Electron Microscopy and Database

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Plastic Deformation of Metallic Glasses

There are two modes for plastic deformation of metallic glasses. [1, 2] At high temperatures and low stresses, a homogeneous flow occurs, while at low temperatures and high stresses, the deformation presents an extreme inhomogeneity, that is, the plastic strain is localized in the shear bands.         [1] F. Spaepen, Acta Metall. 25, 407 (1977). [2] A. S. Argon, Acta Metall. 27, 47 (1979).