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Crystal Structure of LiRh‐type IrZn Determined by Powder X‐ray and Selected Area Electron Diffraction
Author(s) -
Hornfeck Wolfgang,
Duppel Viola,
Kienle Lorenz,
Harbrecht Bernd
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.354
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1521-3749
pISSN - 0044-2313
DOI - 10.1002/zaac.202000113
Subject(s) - intermetallic , crystallography , crystal structure , type (biology) , materials science , transition metal , structure type , diffraction , powder diffraction , x ray , crystal (programming language) , electron , chemistry , metallurgy , physics , optics , geology , computer science , paleontology , biochemistry , programming language , alloy , quantum mechanics , catalysis
The LiRh‐type crystal structure of the equiatomic intermetallic compound IrZn turns out to be a competitor to the otherwise energetically favored CsCl‐type structures of congeneric transition metal zinc phases, thus enlightening the structural impact of element‐specific factors beyond the Hume‐Rothery concept.