Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2011-04-07
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
20 pages including 1 table and 7 figures
Scientific paper
A P-type icosahedral quasicrystal is formed in Au-Al-Yb alloy of which 6-dimensional lattice parameter a6D = 7.448 {\AA}. The composition of the quasicrystal was analyzed to be Au51Al34Yb15. This quasicrystal is formed in as-cast alloys, and is regarded as metastable because of decomposition into other crystalline phases by annealing at 700 \degree C. Among Tsai-type quasicrystals, this quasicrystal is situated just between Zn-Sc group with smaller a6D and larger Cd-Yb group. Intermediate valence of Yb recently observed in this quasicrystal may be due to this unique situation, namely smaller major component Au-Al than in Cd-Yb. The predominant phase in the annealed specimen is a 1/1 cubic approximant with lattice parameter a = 14.500 {\AA} belonging to the space group Im-3 . This phase is stable at the composition Au51Al35Yb14 at 700 \degree C. Rietveld structural analysis indicated that the crystal structure is understood as periodic arrangement of Tsai-type clusters each including four Au-Al atoms at their centers. Chemical ordering of Au and Al is characteristics of this approximant.
Ishimasa Tsutomu
Kashimoto Shiro
Tanaka Yukinori
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