A molecular dynamics simulation of 500 particles has been carried out to study the microstructure in the supercooled liquid and glassy states of metallic Al3 Fe. Clusters exist in form of pairs and polyhedra. Using pair analysis, the relative number of bonded pairs and the bond orientation order parameters have been calculated. The pair correlation function from simulation is coincident with results from X-ray experiments.
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