Microstructure studies of Zr41Ti14Cu12.5Ni10Be22.5 bulk amorphous alloy by electron diffraction intensity analysis
Abstract
Reduced density function analyses for the bulk amorphous alloy Zr41Ti14Cu12.5Ni10Be22.5 and its decomposition and crystallization have been made by means of electron diffraction intensity measurement with imaging plate. The local atomic structure of the amorphous alloy as well as its development in the course of the decomposition and crystallization is described from the analysis of the atomic distribution function. The origin of the high thermal stability and the large glass forming ability of the alloy as well as the effect of the decomposition on the crystallization is discussed from the viewpoint of the local atomic structure characteristics of the alloy.
- Publication:
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Applied Physics Letters
- Pub Date:
- August 1997
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.119725
- Bibcode:
- 1997ApPhL..71.1053W