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What Stabilizes the Intermediate Structure of an Amorphous Alloy?

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 نشر من قبل Peter Harrowell
 تاريخ النشر 2019
  مجال البحث فيزياء
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We present the results of simulation studies of a model binary metal-metalloid alloy in which we characterize and explain the local coordination structure, the intermediate structure associated with the packing of these coordination polyhedra and the thermal stability of the various structural elements of this model amorphous solid.



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