Elastic Heterogeneity in Metallic Glasses
Elastic Heterogeneity in Metallic Glasses
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.105.205502
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发表时间:
2010-11-11
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
Egami, T.
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作者:
Dmowski, W.;Iwashita, T.;Egami, T.
When a stress is applied on a metallic glass it deforms following Hook's law. Therefore it may appear obvious that a metallic glass deforms elastically. Using x-ray diffraction and anisotropic pair-density function analysis we show that only about 3 4 in volume fraction of metallic glasses deforms elastically, whereas the rest of the volume is anelastic and in the experimental time scale deform without resistance. We suggest that this anelastic portion represents residual liquidity in the glassy state. Many theories, such as the free-volume theory, assume the density of defects in the glassy state to be of the order of 1%, but this result shows that it is as much as a quarter.