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Local atomic structures in Zr-Ni metallic glasses

  • X. J. Liu*
  • , X. D. Hui
  • , G. L. Chen
  • , T. Liu
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Science and Technology Beijing
  • CAS - Institute of High Energy Physics

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Abstract

Local atomic structures of Zr100 - x Nix (x = 33.3, 36, 50 at%) binary metallic glasses were investigated by means of extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) probe. Structural parameters show that the Zr-Ni bond length, RZr - Ni, keeps a constant value of 2.62 Å, regardless of alloy compositions. This result implies that there is a strongly chemical interaction between Zr and Ni atoms, leading to significant chemical short-range orders (CSROs) in the present metallic glasses. Further analysis indicates that the SRO structures in these metallic glasses are extremely similar with those in their crystalline counterparts. It is interesting to note that the CSROs in the eutectic Zr64Ni36 metallic glass consist of Zr2Ni-like and ZrNi-like CSROs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2488-2493
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Volume373
Issue number29
DOIs
StatePublished - 29 Jun 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • EXAFS
  • Metallic glasses
  • Short-range order
  • Zr-Ni alloy

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