Liquid Structure of the Bulk Amorphous Zr41Ti14Cu12.5Ni10Be22.5 Alloy

The liquid Structure of the bulk amorphous Zr41Ti14Cu12.5Ni10Be22.5 alloy is analysed by X-ray diffraction. The first co-ordination-sphere radii and the first co-ordination numbers are 0.305 nm and 11.296 respectively in a liquid state. The cluster correlation radius is 1.49 nm, and the number of atoms in cluster is 639. As revealed with comparison of a structure of the amorphous alloy in a liquid state with that in a solid state, the arrangement of the atoms' positions is same in a liquid state and in a solid one. However, the size of cluster is smaller in a liquid than that in a solid.