The evolution of the elastic properties and the character of the structural
changes occurring during the crystallization of amorphous Mg-Ni-Y alloys a
re investigated. The process of crystallization is shown to proceed in two
stages with formation of an intermediate metastable phase at the first stag
e. This phase has higher elastic characteristics than those of the stable c
rystalline phases of this system. (C) 2001 MAIK "Nauka/Interperiodica".