Densification and Devitrification of Fused Silica Induced by Ballistic Impact: A Computational Investigation

Figure 4

A comparison between the fused-silica Si–Si, O–O, and Si–O partial radial distribution functions computed in (a) the as-received/initial state, determined in the present work, and (b) the equilibrium initial state as reported in Henkelman and Jónsson [33].

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