2000 年 41 巻 11 号 p. 1392-1396
Structural change in the supercooled-liquid region of Fe58Co7Ni7Zr8B20 glassy alloy has been examined by Mössbauer spectroscopy. Analyses of the Mössbauer spectra showed that the hyperfine field distribution patterns in quenched states from supercooled-liquid state differ from that in the as-melt-spun state. As the quenching temperature increases, the hyperfine field distribution tends to show several peaks some of whose hyperfine field values seem to correspond well to those in crystalline Fe, Fe3B, Fe2B and Fe2Zr, although these distribution peaks are quite broad. These results as well as the initial crystallization behavior indicate that the thermal treatment in the supercooled-liquid region causes a compositional short-range order. It is, however, supposed that the chemical bond strengths are competitive among the Fe3B-, Fe2B-, FeZr2- and Fe–Zr–B-type compositional short-range order, and their growth frustrate each other in the supercooled-liquid region. This competitive frustration should be one of the reasons for the thermal stability against crystallization that occurs in the glassy alloys with a large supercooled-liquid region.