Metallic Glass (IMAGE)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Metallic Glass

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When metal alloys are melted, the atoms lose their ordered structure. Most metals alloys will snap back to their rigid crystal structures when cooled back down. Bulk metallic glasses, if cooled at certain rates, will retain the random amorphous structure even in the solid state.

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Vlassik Lab/Harvard SEAS

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