Formation and structure of Cu-Zr-Al ternary metallic glasses investigated by ion beam mixing and calculation

► Metallic glasses were synthesized in the Cu-Zr-Al system by IBM. ► Structure factors of the amorphous phases obtained were calculated based on MD simulations. ► The amorphous phases are mainly consisted of Al-Zr and Al-Cu. ► There is a quite good agreement between calculation and available experimental results.