Zn13(CrxAl1-x)27 (x = 0.34-0.37): A new intermetallic phase containing icosahedra as building units

Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie

Volumn 226, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 557-567

  Thimmaiah, Srinivasa ^a   Han, Mi Kyung ^a   Miller, Gordon J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex; I3 cluster; Intermetallic compound; Powder diffraction analysis; Single crystal structure analysis; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960433478     PISSN: 00442968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/zkri.2011.1376     Document Type: Article

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