On the crystal structure of γ-AgMg4
The title compound with the trivial name -AgMg is obtained by melting the elements in weld-sealed tantalum ampoules and subsequent annealing. The alloys were characterized by chemical, metallographic, thermal and X-ray powder analyses. -AgMg is formed by a peritectoid reaction at 472(2) °C from ′-Ag...
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Published in | Zeitschrift für Kristallographie. Crystalline materials Vol. 220; no. 2; pp. 102 - 114 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
01.03.2005
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Summary: | The title compound with the trivial name
-AgMg
is obtained by melting the elements in weld-sealed tantalum ampoules and subsequent annealing. The alloys were characterized by chemical, metallographic, thermal and X-ray powder analyses.
-AgMg
is formed by a peritectoid reaction at 472(2) °C from
′-Ag
Mg
and
-(Mg). The exact composition corresponds to the formulas AgMg
or Ag
Mg
with 80.3(1) at-% Mg concentration. The title compound is a complex metallic alloy phase due to the large number of atoms and intrinsic structural disorder.
-AgMg
crystallizes hexagonal in the space group
with
= 12.4852(8) Å and
= 14.4117(9) Å in a unique structure type without a perceptible homogeneity range. The crystal structure has been studied including disorder phenomena by means of Rietveld refinements of X-ray and neutron powder diffraction data and X-ray single crystal structure analyses. The crystal structure is a hitherto unknown
3 cluster phase, i.e., an intermetallic compound with building blocks of three vertex connected icosahedra as the fundamental structural units joined via a small number of connection types (here B- and L-type). Channels along [001] reveal distinct structural disorder described as a packing of approximately 1.9 icosahedra, 1.3 tricapped trigonal prisms and 0.4 Frank-Kasper Z15 polyhedra per unit cell. The findings support the usefulness of the
3 cluster concept as a construction kit concerning not only simple subunits but also more complex “patches” with inherent structural disorder. |
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ISSN: | 2194-4946 2196-7105 |
DOI: | 10.1524/zkri.220.2.102.59134 |