Ice, silicon and oxide glasses can show amorphous phases of distinct densities. Based on changes in atomic bond lengths, a similar polyamorphism has now been observed in structurally different metallic glasses.
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Yavari, A. The changing faces of disorder. Nature Mater 6, 181–182 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1853
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