Effect of the entropy on the shear viscosity of metallic glasses near the glass transition

A. S. Makarov, J. B. Cui, J. C. Qiao, G. V. Afonin, N. P. Kobelev, V. A. Khonik

Published 2023-11-19Version 1

We measured the shear viscosity of 14 metallic glasses differing with their mixing entropy $\Delta S_{mix}$. It is found that the viscosity at the glass transition temperature $T_g$ significantly increases with $\Delta S_{mix}$. Using calorimetric data, we calculated the excess entropy of all glasses $\Delta S$ with respect to their maternal crystalline states as a function of temperature. It is shown that the excess entropy $\Delta S$ both at room temperature and at $T_g$ \textit{decreases} with $\Delta S_{mix}$. It is concluded that glasses with "high mixing entropy" $\Delta S_{mix}$ correspond to MGs with \textit{low} excess entropy $\Delta S$. The origin of the increased shear viscosity at $T_g$ of glasses with high $\Delta S_{mix}$ is determined by their reduced excess entropy $\Delta S$.