A critique of the roles of TSRO and CSRO in metallic glasses by application of the activation energy spectrum model to dilatometric data

Abstract

Dilatometric data is analysed in terms of the activation energy spectrum (AES) model for metallic glasses. Particular importance is placed onE0 plots. Comparison with a theory which draws a sharp distinction between the kinetics of topological and chemical short range order changes, shows that the AES model provides a more complete analysis of the time-temperature behaviour.