An empirical method is presented for the prediction of conditions necessary to obtain a single pulse discharge with no oscillation, no restrike, and no residual energy stored with zero current and zero voltage at the end of the pulse. An LRC circuit with a 14.7hyphen;mgr;F capacitor charged to voltages between 2000 and 20thinsp;000 V and discharging through wires of different metals was employed to obtain the necessary conditions. It is found to be highly anisotropic and are concluded to be the cause of the varying density in these structures. Statistical data appropriate to Fehyphen;P and Pdhyphen;Si glasses are analyzed and discussed for the compositional range from TM73M27to TM100. Certain structural features appear only near the 80/20 (atomic percentages) composition common to numerous stable glasses.
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