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Crystal Structure of LiRh-type IrZn Determined by Powder X-ray and Selected Area Electron Diffraction |
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| Authors: | Wolfgang Hornfeck Viola Duppel Lorenz Kienle Bernd Harbrecht |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Structure Analysis, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Praha 8, Czech Republic;2. Nanochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany;3. Synthesis and Real Structure of Solids, Technical Faculty of the CAU Kiel, Kaiserstrasse 2, 24143 Kiel, Germany;4. Department of Chemistry and Materials Sciences Center, Philipps-University Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, 35032 Marburg, Germany |
| Abstract: | The LiRh-type crystal structure of the equiatomic intermetallic compound IrZn turns out to be a competitor to the otherwise energetically favored CsCl-type structures of congeneric transition metal zinc phases, thus enlightening the structural impact of element-specific factors beyond the Hume-Rothery concept. |
| Keywords: | Zinc Iridium Intermetallic compound X-ray powder diffraction High resolution transmission electron microscopy |