Influence of Thermal Treatment on Phase Formation Processes in Amorphous Alloys

摘要

24.1 Introduction Investigating the structures and properties of disordered systems that include solids characterized by amorphous structure and amorphous metallic alloys in particular is an important field of modern condensed state physics. Modern thermodynamically nonequilibrium materials with amorphous structure are characterized by a number of unique physicochemical properties. However, most amorphous alloys have low thermal stability, which is a considerable drawback. Amorphous metallic alloys transform to a more stable crystalline state when heated to certain temperature. This transition is followed by the loss of characteristic properties, which explains the importance of theoretical and experimental studies of ways to improve the thermal stability of amorphous alloys.