Magnetic susceptibility and atomic structure of paramagnetic Zr–(Co, Ni, Cu) amorphous alloys

The experimental results for the magnetic susceptibility and superconducting transition temperature of amorphous Zr-(Co, Ni, Cu) alloys extending over a wide composition range are analysed in some detail. By combining the results of this analysis with the literature results for the electronic density of states at E_F for the same alloy systems we obtained a set of parameters associated with the electronic structure of the amorphous Zr. The comparison of these parameters with the results of the band structure calculations for different crystalline phases of Zr and with the results of the atomic structure and crystallisation studies of the same alloy systems indicates an fcc-like local atomic structure for amorphous Zr.