METASTABILE STATES OF AMORPHUOS ALLOYS

This paper performed investigation of existence of the meta-stabile states in samples of amorphous alloys using calorimetric method. The amorphous samples are attained through ultra-fast calcinations in cooled, rotating cylinder- shaped in strips. As a suitable parameter, which could indicate an existence of meta-stabile states, an electrical resistance was chosen, or more specifically, the change in the value of electric resistance with temperature increase. Since this parameter is in direct correlation with the degree of the system's orderliness, investigating the change in the electrical resistance within a certain temperature interval led to the conclusion that the structure of the amorphous samples goes through the process of relaxation. The investigated temperature interval was between the liquid nitrogen temperature and the room temperature. 206,132,232,43 BCoNiF