| Abstract: | It has been confirmed that glass-forming ability (GFA) of
supercooled liquids is related to not only liquid phase stability
but also the crystallization resistance. In this paper, it is found
that the liquid region interval ($T_{\rm l}-T_{\rm g})$
characterized by the normalized parameter of $T_{\rm g}$/$T_{\rm l}$
could reflect the stability of glass-forming liquids at the
equilibrium state, whilst the normalization of supercooled liquid
region $\Delta T_{\rm x}$=($T_{\rm x}-T_{\rm g})$, i.e. $\Delta
T_{\rm x}$/$T_{\rm x}$ (wherein $T_{\rm l}$ is the liquidus
temperature, $T_{\rm g}$ the glass transition temperature, and
$T_{\rm x}$ the onset crystallization temperature) could indicate
the crystallization resistance during glass formation. Thus, a new
parameter, defined as $\xi =T_{\rm g}$/$T_{\rm l}+\Delta T_{\rm
x}$/$T_{\rm x}$ is established to predict the GFA of supercooled
liquids. In comparison with other commonly used criteria, this
parameter demonstrates a better statistical correlation with the GFA
for various glass-forming systems including metallic glasses, oxide
glasses and cryoprotectants. |
