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"Amorphous metal" is made by solidifying a complex alloy which is unable to crystallise into a regular lattice, giving an amorphous or glass-like structure. One of its unusual characteristics is very low damping, i.e. small energy dissipation during elastic collisions.
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Dr Hugh Shercliff