Pd 80+x Si 20−x (x = 0, 1, and 2) binary metallic glasses with the diameter ranging from 7 to 8 mm were prepared by a combination of fluxing and water quenching or air cooling. Thermal analysis results show that with increasing Si content, the glass transition temperature T g , the initial crystallization temperature T x and the onset crystallization temperature T p of Pd-Si binary glassy alloys increase. Moreover, the supercooled liquid region reaches 61 K. It indicates that Pd-Si binary alloys possess large glass forming ability, which can be greatly improved by fluxing treatment.fluxing, bulk metallic glass, binary alloys, glass forming ability, undercooled liquid Since the first glassy alloy was reported, extensive research has been carried out [1][2][3] . Amorphous alloy has great potentials for application due to its excellent properties such as high corrosion resistance, low elastic modulus and high strength. However, most of amorphous alloys were prepared in shape of ribbons, thin films or powders by rapid solidification methods (>1×10 6 K/s), which greatly limits their application. So it is very meaningful to develop bulk metallic glasses with three-dimensional size over millimeter. Recently, bulk metallic glasses, such as Pd-Ni-P, Al-La-Ni, Mg-Cu-Y, Mg-Ni-Y, Zr-Al-Ni alloy systems [4][5][6][7][8][9] , were successfully prepared at low cooling rate less than 1000 K/s, which promotes the research and application of amorphous alloys. Furthermore, Inoue proposed three empirical rules for designing and developing bulk metallic glasses based on the obtained experimental results: 1) multi component systems consisting of more than three elements; 2) significant difference in atomic size ratios above about 12% among the three main constituent elements; 3) negative heats of mixing among the three main constituent elements [8,9] . These empirical rules show that the more constituent elements the more difficultly atoms diffuse during the cooling process, and thus the nucleation and crystallization can be depressed, resulting in the increase in the undercooling of alloy melt and the improvement of the glass forming ability. According to these empirical rules, a lot of multicomponent bulk metallic glasses were developed [9][10][11] . The multicomponents, however, greatly complicate the research on glass forming ability, glass transition and computer simulation. Therefore, it becomes important to develop binary bulk