Mystery of metallic glass is cracked

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For their experiments Johns Hopkins researchers made small samples of various metallic glasses. The sample pictured here is a nickel-phosphorous metallic glass. Photo by Will Kirk.
For their experiments, Johns Hopkins researchers made small samples of various metallic glasses. The sample pictured here is a nickel-phosphorous metallic glass. Photo by Will Kirk.

Using state-of-the-art lab techniques and powerful computer simulations, Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered how atoms pack themselves in unusual materials known as metallic glasses. Their findings should help scientists better understand the atomic scale structure of this material, which is used to make sports equipment, cell phone cases, armor-piercing projectiles and other products.


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