Table 6 Nearest-neighbour coordination numbers obtained from the fitting of the EXAFS data and from the simulated structures.

From: Unveiling the local structure of the amorphous metal \(\text {Fe}_{(1-x)}\text {Zr}_x\) combining first-principles-based simulations and modelling of EXAFS spectra

  

EXAFS fit

Equation (2)

Equation (3)

Voronoi

\(N^{\mathrm{Fe-Fe}}\)

\(\text {Fe}_{0.93}\text {Zr}_{0.07}\)

7(2)

9.6(1)

10.5(3)

11.9(4)

\(\text {Fe}_{0.90}\text {Zr}_{0.10}\)

8(2)

9.3(3)

10.0(2)

11.2(4)

\(\text {Fe}_{0.80}\text {Zr}_{0.20}\)

7(2)

7.7(2)

8.3(2)

9.1(4)

\(N^{\mathrm{Fe-Zr}}\)

\(\text {Fe}_{0.93}\text {Zr}_{0.07}\)

0.7(2)

0.9(2)

1.2(1)

1.3(1)

\(\text {Fe}_{0.90}\text {Zr}_{0.10}\)

1.1(3)

1.3(1)

1.8(1)

1.8(1)

\(\text {Fe}_{0.80}\text {Zr}_{0.20}\)

2.2(5)

2.5(3)

3.3(1)

3.4(1)

\(N^{\mathrm{Zr-Zr}}\)

\(\text {Fe}_{0.93}\text {Zr}_{0.07}\)

  

1.5(1)

1.6(2)

\(\text {Fe}_{0.90}\text {Zr}_{0.10}\)

  

2.1(2)

2.2(2)

\(\text {Fe}_{0.80}\text {Zr}_{0.20}\)

  

4.1(3)

4.3(3)

  1. The coordination numbers of the simulated structures are calculated in three different ways: by summing \(N^{A-B}_1\) and \(N^{A-B}_2\) calculated from Eq. (2), from Eq. (3), and from a Voronoi analysis. Details about the distribution of Voronoi coordination numbers are presented in Fig. S4 in the Supplementary Information.