{"title":"The isothermal section (500 °C) of the phase diagram of the ternary system Cu-Sn-Y","authors":"Zhuang Yinghong, Qin Can, Li Junqin","doi":"10.1016/0022-5088(91)90353-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-5088(91)90353-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The isothermal section (500 °C) of the phase diagram of the ternary system Cu-Sn-Y (40 at.% Y or less) was investigated by X-ray diffraction, differential thermal microanalysis, optical microanalysis and electron probe microanalysis techniques. The isothermal section consists of 12 single-phase regions, 25 two-phase regions and 14 three-phase regions. Three new ternary compounds were found in this isothermal section: the θ phase (Y<sub>8</sub>Cu<sub>7</sub>Sn<sub>5</sub>), the β phase (Y<sub>3</sub>Cu<sub>4</sub>Sn<sub>3</sub>) and the γ phase (Y<sub>19</sub>Cu<sub>66</sub>Sn<sub>15</sub>). They are all non-variable compounds. The θ phase is an orthorhombic system with <span><math><mtext>a = 9.702 </mtext><mtext>A</mtext><mtext>̊</mtext></math></span>, <span><math><mtext>b = 7.285 </mtext><mtext>A</mtext><mtext>̊</mtext></math></span> and <span><math><mtext>c = 6.545 </mtext><mtext>A</mtext><mtext>̊</mtext></math></span>.</p><p>The maximum solid solubility of tin in α-Cu at 500 °C is about 9.0 at.% and that of yttrium in α-Cu at 500 °C (with 4.3 at.% Sn) is about 1.5 at.%.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17534,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Less Common Metals","volume":"175 1","pages":"Pages 97-101"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0022-5088(91)90353-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71731605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ion beam deposition of silver on YBCO powder and the superconductivity of Ag-YBCO composites","authors":"H.R. Khan , H. Frey","doi":"10.1016/0022-5088(91)90363-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-5088(91)90363-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>YBa<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub>3</sub>O<sub>∼7</sub> (YBCO) powder of particle size distribution smaller than 80 μm has been coated with silver by a secondary ion beam deposition technique. Sintered Ag-YBCO composites prepared from this powder consist of homogeneously distributed orthorhombic phase, Ag<sub>2</sub>O, silver and a small amount of other phases. The composites are superconducting at about 92 K, with a sharp superconducting transition.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17534,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Less Common Metals","volume":"175 1","pages":"Pages 177-182"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0022-5088(91)90363-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71712289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Crystal structure of the compound CeRh1 − xGe2 + x (x = 0.325)","authors":"B.I. Shapiev, O.L. Sologub, Ju.D. Seropegin, O.I. Bodak, P.S. Salamakha","doi":"10.1016/0022-5088(91)90343-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-5088(91)90343-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17534,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Less Common Metals","volume":"175 1","pages":"Pages L1-L4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0022-5088(91)90343-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71731371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rolf Berger , Auke Meetsma, Sander van Smaalen, Margareta Sundberg
{"title":"The structure of LiCu2O2 with mixed-valence copper from twin-crystal data","authors":"Rolf Berger , Auke Meetsma, Sander van Smaalen, Margareta Sundberg","doi":"10.1016/0022-5088(91)90356-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-5088(91)90356-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The structure of LiCu<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> was solved using two sets of X-ray diffraction twin-crystal data. Extended twinning creates virtual tetragonal symmetry. The compound crystallizes in <em>Pnma</em> (62) with unit-cell parameters <span><math><mtext>a = 5.72 </mtext><mtext>A</mtext><mtext>̊</mtext><mtext>, b = 2.86 </mtext><mtext>A</mtext><mtext>̊</mtext></math></span> and <span><math><mtext>c = 12.4 </mtext><mtext>A</mtext><mtext>̊</mtext></math></span> with a certain homogeneity range. The structure consists of LiCu<sup>II</sup>O<sub>2</sub> layers interleaved by layers of Cu<sup>I</sup> connected to oxygen in an almost linear coordination. Lithium and copper(II) have five oxygen neighbours in pyramidal arrangements that run as parallel bands through edge connections. Electron diffraction was used for characterizing the twinning.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17534,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Less Common Metals","volume":"175 1","pages":"Pages 119-129"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0022-5088(91)90356-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71731604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Constitutional studies of molybdenum-palladium alloys using ultra-rapidly solidified samples","authors":"R. Gürler, J. N. Pratt","doi":"10.1016/0022-5088(91)90350-D","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-5088(91)90350-D","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17534,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Less Common Metals","volume":"71 1","pages":"71-78"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89077424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mössbauer and magnetic properties study of Nd2Fe14C-type compounds","authors":"F. Xing, W.W. Ho, C.L. Yang, F.S. Li","doi":"10.1016/0022-5088(91)90352-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-5088(91)90352-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The dependence of the Curie temperature <em>T</em><sub><em>c</em></sub> and saturation magnetization <em>σ</em><sub><em>s</em></sub> on composition was studied in the alloys Nd<sub>14</sub>Fe<sub>78 − <em>x</em></sub>T<sub><em>x</em></sub>C<sub>8</sub> (<em>T</em> ≡ <em>Co</em>, <em>Ni</em>, <em>Mn</em>, <em>Cr</em>). The effects on <em>T</em><sub><em>c</em></sub> and <em>σ</em><sub><em>s</em></sub> of the substitution of these 3d elements for iron were found to be similar to the effects on <em>T</em><sub><em>c</em></sub> and <em>σ</em><sub><em>s</em></sub> of the corresponding borides. Mössbauer spectra of the tetragonal Nd<sub>2</sub>Fe<sub>14</sub>C compound were taken at various temperatures and fitted with a set of six subspectra owing to six non-equivalent iron sites. It was found that the average hyperfine fields at 295 K and 4.2 K are 28.04 T and 32.36 T, the corresponding average iron moments being about 1.89 <em>μ</em><sub><em>B</em></sub> and 2.19 <em>μ</em><sub><em>B</em></sub>, respectively.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17534,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Less Common Metals","volume":"175 1","pages":"Pages 91-96"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0022-5088(91)90352-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71731613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Über die Möglichkeit einer Mischungslücke in dem Na-Ga binären System","authors":"P. Feschotte","doi":"10.1016/0022-5088(91)90344-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-5088(91)90344-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17534,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Less Common Metals","volume":"91 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89760565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Shamraǐ, A. Pimenov, Y. Efimov, A. A. Babaréko, F. R. Karelin, V. F. Choporov, T. Frolova, E. Myasnikova, A. Postnikov
{"title":"The effect of cold deformation on the structure, texture and properties of yttrium high temperature superconducting powders and strips","authors":"V. Shamraǐ, A. Pimenov, Y. Efimov, A. A. Babaréko, F. R. Karelin, V. F. Choporov, T. Frolova, E. Myasnikova, A. Postnikov","doi":"10.1016/0022-5088(91)90347-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-5088(91)90347-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17534,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Less Common Metals","volume":"1 1","pages":"29-36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88760262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Saez-Puche, J.M. Martin-Llorente, J.M. Coronado
{"title":"Magnetic properties and structural characterization of the solid solution Er2 − xYxBaNiO5 (0 ≤ x ≤ 2)","authors":"R. Saez-Puche, J.M. Martin-Llorente, J.M. Coronado","doi":"10.1016/0022-5088(91)90357-A","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-5088(91)90357-A","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Different samples of nominal composition Er<sub>2 − <em>x</em></sub>Y<sub><em>x</em></sub>BaNiO<sub>5</sub> (0 ≤ <em>x</em> ≤ 2) were synthesized and characterized by X-ray powder diffraction. These oxides, which are isostructural, crystallize with orthorhombic symmetry, space group <em>Immm</em>. The linear increase observed in the lattice parameters with increasing values of <em>x</em> is due to the larger ionic radius of the Y<sup>3+</sup> ion compared with the Er<sup>3+</sup> ion.</p><p>The magnetic susceptibility in all cases obeys Curie-Weiss behavior between 300 K and 40 K. The magnetic moments obtained agree fairly well with those expected for the only contribution of Er<sup>3+</sup> which confirms the strong antiferromagnetic interactions Ni-O(2)-Ni along the <em>a</em>-axis which we reported earlier for the one-dimensional Y<sub>2</sub>BaNiO<sub>5</sub>. The three-dimensional antiferromagnetic interactions operative in the undoped Er<sub>2</sub>BaNiO<sub>5</sub> are slightly diminished in the substituted Er<sub>2 − <em>x</em></sub>Y<sub><em>x</em></sub>BaNiO<sub>5</sub>, as can be deduced from evolution of T<sub>χ</sub>max for these samples.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17534,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Less Common Metals","volume":"175 1","pages":"Pages 131-136"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0022-5088(91)90357-A","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71731599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Padella, E. Paradiso, N. Burgio, M. Magini, S. Martelli, W. Guo, A. Iasonna
{"title":"Mechanical alloying of the Pd-Si system in controlled conditions of energy transfer","authors":"F. Padella, E. Paradiso, N. Burgio, M. Magini, S. Martelli, W. Guo, A. Iasonna","doi":"10.1016/0022-5088(91)90351-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-5088(91)90351-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The conditions of milling are of crucial importance in determining the kind of solid state reaction that can take place, among various possible paths, in a given system submitted to the mechanical alloying (MA) process. A model correlating the energy transfer during milling with the experimental parameters (rotation speed, mass and diameter of the balls) has been verified with the Pd-Si system. The composition Pd<sub>80</sub>Si<sub>20</sub> has been milled, starting from pure elemental powders, in different milling conditions and the MA process followed by X-ray and differential scanning calorimetry measurements. It has been found that for high levels of energy transfer the system evolves towards the formation of the intermetallic Pd<sub>3</sub>Si. At lower levels of energy transfer, formation of a stable intermetallic phase is hindered and the reaction product is a fully amorphous phase. The amorphous structure of the MA sample has been compared with an amorphous melt-spun ribbon of the same composition.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17534,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Less Common Metals","volume":"175 1","pages":"Pages 79-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0022-5088(91)90351-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71731615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}