Patent ID: 6623566
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: C22C,H01F

Abstract:
A method for selecting alloying elements for a complex, multi-component amorphous metal alloy containing at least three elements, comprising the steps of:(a) selecting at least three elements for an amorphous metal alloy including a solvent element and at least two solute elements; (b) wherein said solvent element is selected to have the largest atomic radius of said at least three elements and an atomic concentration in said alloy in the range of 40 to 80 atom percent; (c) wherein a first said solute element is selected to have an atomic radius of about 65 to 83 percent of the radius of said solvent element and an atomic concentration in said alloy less than that of said solvent element in the range of 10 to 40 atom percent; and (d) wherein each remaining said solute element is selected to have an atomic radius of about 70 to 92 percent of the radius of said solvent element and an atomic concentration in said alloy less than that of each of said solvent element and said first solute element.