A model for amorphous magnetism is presented. The model predicts a reduction of the magnetisation from its value for a crystalline ferromagnet and shows that spin glass behaviour in amorphous magnets is likely to be a common occurrence. The conditions for a spin glass transition are related to the slope and/or curvature of the exchange potential as a function of the interionic distance in the amorphous magnet.
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