A novel multicomponent thick metallic glass coating has been synthesised by
laser cladding. The maximum coating thickness was I mm. The clad cooling r
ate restrained the epitaxial growth of dendrites in the metallic glass coat
ing. The metallic glass had high glass forming ability with a wide supercoo
led liquid region ranging from 59 to 70 K. The metallic glass coating also
revealed high hardness and good corrosion resistance. (C) 2001 IoM Communic
ations Ltd.