The coloring problem in intermetallics: Bonding and properties of Tb 3Zn3.6Al7.4 with the La3Al 11 structure type

Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie

Volumn 220, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 95-101

  Han, Mi Kyung ^a   Morosan, Emilia ^a   Canfield, Paul C ^a   Miller, Gordon J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical bonding; Magnetism; Powder diffraction structure analysis; Rare earth intermetallics; Single crystal structure analysis; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; LANTHANIDE; TERBIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL BINDING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; MAGNETISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EID: 14844286504     PISSN: 00442968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/zkri.220.2.95.59124     Document Type: Article

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