The fluidity and filling ability of glass-forming Zr-based alloy melt in copper mould were investigated both theoretically and experimentally. The major factors which affected the flowing behavior of the metallic melt in the mold were determined, which provides the foundation for overcoming the contradiction between the filling and formation of amorphous alloy during the rapid cooling process of the metallic melts. The casting factors to prepare a metallic ring were discussed and selected.
As a result, a Zr-based bulk metallic glass ring was prepared successfully.Zr-based bulk metallic glass, casting, fluidity, moldingThe earliest amorphous alloy was discovered in the 1960s by quenching Ag 80 Si 20 melt [1] . Due to the limitation of the cooling rate, amorphous alloys can only be made in the form of ribbons and powders which limit the application severely in the earlier years. Since the discovery of La-based and Zr-based bulk metallic glass (BMG) systems [2][3][4][5] by Inoue and Johnson respectively, the limitation of cooling rate was broken up. Later, the Pb 40 Cu 30 Ni 10 P 20 bulk amorphous alloy with a thickness of 72 mm was made by replacing Ni in Pb 40 Ni 40 P 20 by 30% Cu in Inoue's group [6] . The critical cooling rate was measured to be only about 0.33 K/s by Johnson's group [7] . The above mentioned research tremendously contributed to the preparation of BMGs in a large size.Due to the special structure of BMGs, BMGs have different properties from conventional crystalline alloys, such as high strength, high hardness, high elastic limitation and high fracture toughness, and superplasticity in a supercooled liquid region. Meanwhile, BMGs also have other favorable properties such as wear resistance, corrosion resistance, radialization resistance and antioxidation. These properties attract extensive attention in the metallic materials field [8][9][10] . In