STRUCTURE OF BINARY METALLIC GLASSES

The short range atomic structure of binary amorphous alloys is describ ed by the interatomic distances and the partial coordination numbers. These quantities are deduced from partial structure factors via pair c orrelation functions. Some methods to determine these partial function s are described. A review of experimental results obtained with metal- metalloid as well as metal-metal alloys is given. The amorphous alloys from the Ni-Nb system are treated more in detail. Some special topics such as the dependence of the amorphous structure on the production p rocess, refractory metallic glasses. hydrogen in metallic glasses, mod elling, and triplet correlation functions are discussed.