SHORT-RANGE ORDER IN AMORPHOUS ZN41SB59 OBTAINED BY THERMOPRESSURE PROCESSING

The short range order of amorphous Zn41Sb59 obtained by spontaneous am orphization of the metastable metallic high-pressure phase has been in vestigated. The structure factor was determined by time-of-flight neut ron diffraction on the pulsed neutron source of LINAC 'Fakel' in the r ange of momentum transfer up to 17 angstrom-1 and the radial distribut ion function was calculated. It is shown that the structure of the amo rphous phase is similar to that of the crystalline semiconductor phase ZnSb.