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Title: Incommensurate composite crystal structure of scandium-II

Journal Article · · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
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  1. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), AIST Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565 (Japan)
  2. Graduate School of Material Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Koto, Kamigohri, Hyogo 678-1297 (Japan)

The long-unknown crystal structure of the high pressure phase scandium-II was solved by powder x-ray diffraction and was found to have tetragonal host channels along the c axis and guest chains that are incommensurate with the host, as well as the high pressure phases of Ba, Sr, Bi, and Sb. The pressure dependences of the lattice constants, the incommensurability, the atomic distances, and the atomic volume were investigated.

OSTI ID:
20719589
Journal Information:
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 72, Issue 13; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.132103; (c) 2005 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1098-0121
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English