ABSTRACT
The special features and uniqueness of the physical properties of the amorphous alloys are determined completely by the features of their structural state. At the present time, the proposed series of the structural models of the amorphous alloys can in principle be divided into two large groups: the first group of the models is based on the quasiliquid description of the structure using the continuous network of the randomly distributed atoms; the second group of the models is based on the quasi-crystalline description of the structure using clusters or crystals, containing a high density of defects of different types. The atomic structure of the amorphous alloys can be determined by experiments using diffraction investigation methods. The most surprising property of the amorphous alloys is their plastic flow capacity. In fact, plastic deformation is usually regarded as consisting of the nucleation, multiplication and annihilation of the dislocations moving in the solid.
