PHASE SEPARATION IN AMORPHOUS Au17Si83 ALLOY

Abstract
A previous study by electron diffraction of the AuxSi1-x amorphous alloys /1/ indicated that Si-rich AuSi amorphous alloys (x < 0,45) are a mixture of two amorphous phases. The present study evidences directly through electron microscopy (STEM and CTEM) observations such an unmixed state in an amorphous Au17Si83 alloy, prepared by vapor deposition