The rapidly growing interest in bulk amorphous alloys has increasingly called for a substantial review to be made of the work published during the last ten years. Such a definitive review has now been published in two volumes.

Preface CONTENTS 1.Mechanical Properties. 1.1 General Features 1.2 Hardness and Fracture Strength at Room Temperature 1.3 Tensile Strength and Elongation at Elevated Temperatures 1.4. Elevated Temperature Hardness. 1.5. Viscoelasticity 1.6. Bending Strength 1.7. Fatigue Strength 1.8. Impact Fracture Strength and Fracture Energy 1.9. Fracture Toughness 2. Corrosion Resistance of Bulk Amorphous Alloys 3. Soft Magnetic Bulk Amorphous Alloys. 3.1. Thermal Stability of Supercooled Liquid 3.2. Soft Magnetic Properties of Amorphous Ribbons 3.3 Formation and Soft Magnetic Properties of Bulk Amorphous Alloys 4. High Magnetostrictive Bulk Amorphous Alloys 5. Hard Magnetic Bulk Amorphous Alloys. 5.1. Formation of Bulk Amorphous Alloys 5.2. Magnetic Properties 5.3. Glass-Forming Ability 5.4. Amorphous Structure 5.5. Mechanism for Hard Magnetic Characteristics 5.6. Changes in the Glass-Forming Ability and Hard Magnetic Properties Withlanthanide Metal 6. Viscous Flow and Micro-Formability of Supercooled Liquid 6.1. Feature of Phase Transition of Bulk Amorphous Alloys. 6.2. Deformation Behavior of Supercooled Liquid 6.3. Superplasticity of Supercooled Liquid 6.4. Micro-Forming of Supercooled Liquid 7.Bulk Amorphous Alloys Produced by Powder Consolidation. 7.1. Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Zr-Based Amorphous Alloy 7.2. Closed P/M Processing System for Consolidation of Rapidlysolidified Powders 7.3. Production of Zr-Based Amorphous Powder by High-Pressure Gasatomization 7.4 Consolidation of Atomized Zr-Based Amorphous Powder by Extrusionand Hot-Pressing 8.Bulk Amorphous Alloys Containing Zrc Particles. 8.1. Formation of Bulk Amorphous and Fcc-Zrc Composite Alloys 8.2. Mechanical Properties and Fracture Behavior 8.3. Viscosity of Supercooled Liquid in the Composite Alloys 8.4. Mechanical Strength and Mixture Rule 9.Bulk Nanocrystalline Alloys Prepared by Partial Crystallization. 9.1. Zr-Al-Ni-Cu-Ag Alloys 9.2. Zr-Al-Ni-Cu-Pd Alloys 10.Cold Workability of Bulk Amorphous Alloys Containing Nanocrystalline Particles. 10.1. Deformation Structure and Properties of Cold-Rolled Bulkalloys Sheets 10.2. Reason for Good Cold Workability 11. Applications 12. References