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Atomic transport in amorphous metals

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International Journal of Materials Research
From the journal International Journal of Materials Research Volume 93 Issue 10

Abstract

A novel mechanism of atomic transport in amorphous metallic alloys, or metallic glasses, is proposed based upon the fluctuations in the local structure. The proposed mechanism is very different from those in crystalline solids and from the free volume model, and is characterized by the bond-exchange action triggered by the local topological instability of the atomic environment. The implications of this mechanism on the liquid fragility and bulk metallic glass formation are discussed.

Keywords: Amorphous metals; Atomic transport; Diffusion mechanism; Metallic glasses; Bulk metallic glasses; Liquid fragility

Dedicated to Professor Dr. Helmut Kronmüller on the occasion of his 70th birthday

Prof. Takeshi Egami Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6272, USA Tel.: +1 215 898 5138 Fax: +1 215 573 2128

  1. It is a great pleasure to congratulate Professor Helmut Kronmüller for his 70th birthday, and to express my deep gratitude to him for his rich ideas, deep knowledge, overflowing enthusiasm, sagacious advises, great humor, warm and pleasant personality, and kind encouragements at many occasions over the three decades the author had a great fortune of being acquainted with him. This work was supported by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency and the Office Naval Research through DARPA/ONR Grant N00014-01-1-0961 and through Boeing Co. Grant 44955-00-00.

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Received: 2002-05-26
Published Online: 2022-02-12

© 2002 Carl Hanser Verlag, München

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ijmr-2002-0183
Keywords for this article
Amorphous metals; Atomic transport; Diffusion mechanism; Metallic glasses; Bulk metallic glasses; Liquid fragility

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  6. Thermal stability and magnetic anisotropy dispersion in high-density hard-disk media
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