Anelastic relaxation in non-crystalline metals: geometrical aspects

Using the molecular dynamics method we constructed a model of atomic structure of amorphous Ta. On the basis of Voronoi–Delaunay tesselation the study of interatomic voids in the model was conducted. Information on the spatial arrangement of voids was obtained and distribution of voids by sizes was calculated. According to the obtained results, we made a conclusion of principal impossibility of anelastic relaxation of interstitial metalloid atoms, which is connected with geometrical difference of the structure of crystalline and amorphous metals.