Structures of bulk amorphous
Zr41Ti14Ni10Cu12.5Be22.5 alloy in amorphous, crystalline, supercooled liquid and liquid states
Zr41Ti14Ni10Cu12.5Be22.5 alloy in amorphous, crystalline, supercooled liquid and liquid states
(1.Key Laboratory of Liquid Structure and Heredity of Materials,
Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Ji′nan 250061, China;
2.Shandong Institute of Labour Hygiene and Occupational Medicine,
Ji′nan 250062, China;
3.Institute of Metal Physical,National Academy of Science of Ukraine,
36 Vernadsky Street UA-03680 kiev., UA-03680 kiev, Ukraine)
Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Ji′nan 250061, China;
2.Shandong Institute of Labour Hygiene and Occupational Medicine,
Ji′nan 250062, China;
3.Institute of Metal Physical,National Academy of Science of Ukraine,
36 Vernadsky Street UA-03680 kiev., UA-03680 kiev, Ukraine)
Abstract: The amorphous and crystal structures of Zr41Ti14Ni10Cu12.5Be22.5 alloy have been analyzed with X-ray diffractometer. The structures of bulk amorphous Zr41Ti14Ni10Cu12.5B22.5 alloy in solid, supercooled liquid and liquid states are almost of the same structure. The RDFs (Radius Distribution Function), the first coordination number, the first coordination radius, the correlation radius and atom number of the cluster w ere calculated for bulk amorphous Zr41Ti14Ni10Cu12.5B 22.5 alloy in different states. The first coordination sphere radii and the first coordination numbers are 0.312nm, 11.2 in solid state, 0.301nm, 10.932 in supercooled liquid region and 0.305nm, 11.296 in liquid state. The crystal structure of Zr41Ti14Ni10Cu12.5B22.5 alloy is consisted of several intermetallic compounds which are Cu Zr2, Be2Zr, etc. The reason of formation glass for this alloy is that there is a larger resistance for atoms to rearrange and form intermetallic compound s in a long range order.
Key words: bulk amorphous; liquid structure; crystal structure