The rare earth metals form the largest subset of the AB2 Laves phase compounds. The rare earth element (R) is always the larger A metal, and they form Laves phases with most of the Group 7–10 elements, plus Mg and Al...
Keywords: Laves phases, Rare earth compounds, Intermetallic compounds
05/2006 | Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe synthesis, phase relations, and crystal structures of two truly ternary, partially ordered Laves phases occurring in the V—Co—Si system are reported...
Keywords: Silicides, Laves phases, Superstructure, Single crystal structure analysis, X-ray diffraction
05/2006 | Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThere are several reasons to recollect the merits of Gustav Ernst Robert Schulze on the occasion of Fritz Laves′ anniversary...
Keywords: Laves phases, Crystal chemistry, Physical properties
05/2006 | Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe C36 Laves phase Nb1–xCo2+x has been re-investigated in order to study phase stability and structure...
Keywords: Laves phases, Niobium, Cobalt, Phase diagram, Single crystal structure analysis
05/2006 | Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe CaAg2—CaZn2—CaAl2 pseudo ternary system has been studied by micrographic and X-ray diffraction analyses of 37 alloys, melted and annealed at 973 K or 873 K in tantalum crucibles...
Keywords: Calcium intermetallics, Laves phases, Structure maps, Volume effects, Single crystal structure analysis
05/2007 | Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag