Crystal structure of hexagonal phases and its relation to icosahedral quasicrystalline phase in Zn-Mg-Re (RE = rare earth) system

Hiroyuki Takakura, T. J. Sato, A. P. Tsai, A. Sato, A. Yamamoto

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Abstract

A relationship between hexagonal phases in the Zn-Mg-RE (RE=rare earth) system and icosahedral quasicrystalline phase is discussed. There are three hexagonal phases in the vicinity of Zn6Mg3RE1 which are related with a lattice parameters by a ratio 3:5:7 but with approximately the same c parameters. A structural model for the phase with medium a lattice parameter is proposed based on the structures of the other two phases recently determined. We also show a preliminary result of X-ray diffraction study of the Zn-Mg-Ho icosahedral phase.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)129-134
Number of pages6
JournalMaterials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
Volume553
Publication statusPublished - 1999
EventProceedings of the 1998 MRS Fall Meeting - The Symposium 'Advanced Catalytic Materials-1998' - Boston, MA, USA
Duration: 1998 Nov 301998 Dec 3

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