Atomic structure of an FeCrMoCBY metallic glass revealed by high energy x-ray diffraction.

Amorphous bulk metallic glasses with the composition FeCrMoCBYhave been of interest due to their special mechanical and electronic properties, including corrosion resistance, high yield-strength, large elasticity, catalytic performance, and soft ferromagnetism. Here, we apply a reverse Monte Carlo technique to unravel the atomic structure of these glasses. The pair-distribution functions for various atomic pairs are computed based on the high-energy x-ray diffraction data we have taken from an amorphous sample.