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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2011
The feasibility of using extended energy-loss fine structure (EXELFS) obtained from ∼1 nm regions of metallic glasses to study their short-range order has been examined. Ionization edges of the metallic glasses in the electron energy-loss spectrum (EELS) have been obtained from PdNiP bulk metallic glass and Ni2P polycrystalline powder in a transmission electron microscope. The complexity of EXELFS analysis of L- and M-ionization edges of heavy elements (Z>22, i.e. Ni and Pd) is addressed by theoretical caluculations using an ab initio computer code, and its results are compared with the experimental data.