Preparation, phase stability and structure of the C36 Laves phase Nb 1-xCo2+x

Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie

Volumn 221, Issue 5-7, 2006, Pages 319-333

  Grüner, Daniel ^a   Stein, Frank ^b   Palm, Martin ^b   Konrad, Joachim ^b   Ormeci, Alim ^a   Schnelle, Walter ^a   Grin, Yuri ^a   Kreiner, Guido ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL PHYSICS OF SOLIDS   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EISENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Laves phases; Niobium; Phase diagram; Single crystal structure analysis; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745826314     PISSN: 00442968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/zkri.2006.221.5-7.319     Document Type: Article

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