Abstract
Amorphous intertransition metal alloys may be a special class of the glassy state whose short-range structure is random tetrahedral close packing of soft atoms similar to those in the crystalline counterparts. A short-range structure is described based on random stacking of Kasper poly hedra and atomic disorder at the stacking misfit, and has tetrahedral sites, high atomic coordination numbers and asymmetric shapes of atoms.
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Wang, R. Short-range structure for amorphous intertransition metal alloys. Nature 278, 700–704 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/278700a0
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