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On the origin of the splitting of the second maximum in the radial distribution function of amorphous solids

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The splitting of the second maximum of the radial distribution function of an irregular atomic packing is regarded as an indication of the amorphous state of a substance. This paper describes the splitting-forming atomic configurations using Delaunay simplices, representing chains of elementary configurations. It is shown that the splitting is formed of chains in which all simplices are nearly regular tetrahedra and quartoctahedra.

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  1. Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

    V. P. Voloshin & Yu. I. Naberukhin

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Translated fromZhumal Struktumoi Khimii, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 78–88, January–February, 1997.

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Voloshin, V.P., Naberukhin, Y.I. On the origin of the splitting of the second maximum in the radial distribution function of amorphous solids. J Struct Chem 38, 62–70 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02768808

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