Amorphous Metal (Paperback)

An amorphous metal is a metallic material with a disordered atomic-scale structure. In contrast to most metals, which are crystalline and therefore have a highly ordered arrangement of atoms, amorphous alloys are non-crystalline. Materials in which such a disordered structure is produced directly from the liquid state during cooling are called "glasses," and so amorphous metals are commonly referred to as "metallic glasses " or "glassy metals ."