Application of the Diffraction Model to Amorphous Magnesium Zinc Alloys.

Abstract

Amorphous magnesium-zinc (a-MgZn) alloys comprise the best system available for testing the diffraction model for electron transport in non-crystalline alloys. They are simple metal binary alloys. Conventional methods exist for determining electronic parameters in the model. They exhibit low resistivities so that saturation effects are not expected to dominate. They are well characterized and extensive resistivity data are available. Computed results presented here are based on a refinement of previous calculations; the alloy scattering matrix elements with computed phase shifts for Mg and Zn are used with the substitutional model instead of the adjusted effective potential assumed previously. Results obtained ignoring mean free path effects are in qualitative agreement with the data; agreement is surprisingly detailed when account is taken of saturation effects.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA147369

Entities

People

  • Lawrence V. Meisel
  • Paul J. Cote

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Alloys
  • Diffraction
  • Electrons
  • Elements
  • Low Temperature
  • Magnesium
  • Mean Free Path
  • Metals
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Phase Shift
  • Scattering
  • Standards
  • Transition Metals
  • Zinc
  • Zinc Alloys

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Materials Science and Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics