The tracer-diffusion and structure of polymorphic states of amorphous solid
is studied by mean of the statistic relaxation technique and simplex
analysis. Several different metastable states of amorphous iron have been
constructed based on the model containing 2 × 105 atoms. All models have
almost the same pair radial distribution functions, but they differ in the
potential energy per atom and the density. We found a large number of
vacancy-simplexes which varies according to the relaxation and serves as a
diffusion vehicle. New diffusion mechanism for tracer-diffusion is found of
which the elementary diffusion process likes a collapse of “microscopic
bubble” in amorphous matrix. This includes a jump of diffusing atom and the
collective movement of a large number of neighboring atoms. The diffusion
constant D determined in accordance with considered diffusion mechanism is in
reasonable agreement with experimental data. The decrease in diffusion
constant D upon thermal annealing is explained by the reducing
vacancy-simplex concentration which is caused by both the local atomic
rearrangement and the elimination of excess free volume
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