Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 075507 (2002) [4 pages]Icosahedral Short-Range Order in Deeply Undercooled Metallic Melts |
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T. Schenk1, D. Holland-Moritz1, V. Simonet2, R. Bellissent3, and D. M. Herlach1
1Institut für Raumsimulation, DLR, D-51170 Köln, Germany
2Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (UMR CNRS/UPS), Batiment 510, Université de Paris-Sud, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France
3Centre d’Etudes Nucléaires de Grenoble, DRFMC/SPSMS/MDN, F-38054 Grenoble Cedex, France
Received 2 January 2002; published 30 July 2002
Experimental evidence of icosahedral short-range order in stable and deeply undercooled melts of pure metallic elements is obtained using the combination of electromagnetic levitation with neutron scattering. This icosahedral short-range order is shown to occur in the bulk metallic melt independently of the system investigated. It strongly increases with the degree of undercooling.
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URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v89/e075507
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.075507
PACS: 61.20.–p, 61.25.Mv
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