X-Ray Diffraction Study on the Structure of the Metallic Glasses Mg84Ni16 and Mg30Ca70

The total structure factors as well as the total pair correlation functions of amorphous Mg84Ni16 and Mg30Ca70 were determined by X-ray diffraction. The Mg-Ni glass shows rather strong chemical short range ordering. By Gaussian fit of the total pair correlation function partial coordination numbers and atomic distances were obtained. Similar surrounding of the Ni atoms in the amorphous phase and in crystalline Mg2Ni was found. The structural features of the Mg-Ca glass differ from those of the Mg-Ni glass