Mssbauer Studies of the Atomic Short-Range Order (SRO) and the Electron Transfer in Amorphous TM-M Alloys

The Mossbauer spectra of amorphous alloys Fe_(80)B_(20)-_xM_x (M=P, C, Si, Ge) at room temperature and at 4.2 K have been measured. It is found that the mean values of the hyperfine field and the isomer shift vary linearly when M substitutes for B. According to these results and those of their crystalline counterparts, it is shown that there does not exist a microcrystalline short-range order in the amorphous alloys investigated and that thc 4s electrons of iron take part in lhe charge transfer.