Iron-based amorphous alloys and methods of synthesizing iron-based amorphous alloys

A corrosion-resistant amorphous iron-based alloy, comprising:

• between about 10 atomic percent (at %) and about 50 at % iron;
• between about 5 at % and about 25 at % molybdenum;
• from about 15 at % to about 25 at % of a material selected from a group consisting of manganese, tungsten, and zirconium, and
• wherein an x-ray diffraction pattern of the corrosion-resistant amorphous iron-based alloy shows no sign of a crystalline form.

A radiation-shielding amorphous iron-based alloy, comprising:

• between about 10 atomic percent (at %) and about 50 at % iron;
• between about 30 at % and about 55 at % boron;
• and
• from 0 at % to about 55 at % of a material selected from a group consisting of chromium, manganese, molybdenum, tungsten, carbon, silicon, zirconium, and titanium.

A corrosion-resistant amorphous iron-based alloy, comprising:

• between about 10 atomic percent (at %) and about 50 at % iron;
• from 0 at % to about 25 at % of a material selected from a group consisting of manganese, carbon, silicon, zirconium, and titanium;
• between about 15 at % and about 30 at % of at least one material selected from a group consisting of molybdenum, tungsten, gadolinium, nickel phosphorous, yttrium, and alloys thereof;
• between about 20 at % and about 55 at % chromium;
• and
• between about 20 at % and about 55 at % boron,
• wherein an x-ray diffraction pattern of the corrosion-resistant amorphous iron-based alloy shows no sign of a crystalline form.