Published November 14, 1997 | Version v1
Journal article

Effect of aluminium on phase stability in the Gd3Co11(B,Al)4 system

  • 1. Institut fuer Experimentalphysik, Technische Universitaet Wien, Wiedner Hauptstr. 8-10, A-1040, Wien (Austria)
  • 2. National Inst. of Materials Physics, Bucharest (Romania)
  • 3. Centro Politecnico Sup. de Ingenieros Depto. de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Materiales y Fluidos, Univ. de Zaragoza, E-50009, Zaragoza (Spain)

Description

In the Gd3Co11B4-xAlx alloys the ternary 3:11:4 phase with Ce3Co11B4 structure is formed with an Al content x∼0.5 substituting for boron. The fraction of this phase decreases as the boron content decreases in the samples. The Al, Co and Gd in excess form Gd(Co,Al)5 with CaCu5-type structure, and the fraction of this phase increases with increasing x. X-ray diffraction results show that these phases are not at equilibrium. A strong preference of aluminium for the 3g site in the CaCu5-type structure is determined by Rietveld refinement of the X-ray diffraction pattern of the end-series compound (x=4). (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Journal Volume
262-263
Journal Page Range
p. 356-362.
ISSN
0925-8388
CODEN
JALCEU

Conference

Title
12. international conference on solid compounds of transition elements (SCTE-12).
Dates
22-25 Apr 1997.
Place
Saint-Malo (France).

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