Journal
ACTA MATERIALIA
Volume 58, Issue 16, Pages 5460-5470Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2010.06.022
Keywords
Metallic glasses; Short-range ordering; Thermodynamics; Modeling; Atomic structure
Funding
- ONR [N00014-06-1-0492]
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A description of the atomic structural properties of a binary metallic glass is developed by employing the central atoms model (CAM). The original CAM, derived for crystalline materials, is extended to the amorphous phase by utilizing the short-range order (SRO) inherent in the glassy structure. CAM is then validated through comparison of calculated short-range atomic structure with calculation from other models, as well as with experimental data. Predicted partial coordination numbers are in general agreement with those determined by neutron and X-ray scattering experiments. When applied to Zr- and Fe-based binary metallic glasses, chemical ordering is observed, occurring most prominently at compositions experimentally shown to possess the best glass-forming ability. The model suggests the observed differences in glass stability between Cu- and Ni-Zr binary alloys are a result of the local atomic arrangements around Cu and Ni atoms. Published by Elsevier Ltd. on behalf of Acta Materialia Inc.
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