This volume is the third in a series on glassy metals. It summarizes the most important recent developments in this field and discusses in detail a variety of new amorphization methods and experimental aspects. Written by experts in the field, it is the first comprehensive review providing an easy and most straightforward introduction to the subject.

Inhalt
Amorphization in metallic systems.- Mechanically alloyed glassy metals.- Glassy metals in catalysis.- Interrelations between electronic and ionic structure in metallic glasses.- The polycluster concept of amorphous solids.