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The application of random packing models to amorphous metals and metal–metalloid alloys is discussed, with particular reference to the effects of soft potentials, boundary conditions, and density. The local atomic organisations found leads to structural speculation concerning the glass transition, and the existence of ‘amorphous polymorphs’.
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Finney, J. Modelling the structures of amorphous metals and alloys. Nature 266, 309–314 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/266309a0
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