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Title: Ternary rare-earth alumo-silicides-single-crystal growth from Al flux, structural and physical properties

Journal Article · · Journal of Solid State Chemistry
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  1. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 (United States)
  2. MST-10, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 (United States)
  3. Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 (United States)

A number of rare-earth alumo-silicides (R-Al-Si) have been synthesized from the corresponding elements by high-temperature reactions, carried out in excess of aluminum to serve as a flux. Under these experimental conditions, large single crystals of all R-Al-Si ternary phases were readily produced. The crystal structures these ternaries adopt were studied by means of powder and single-crystal X-ray diffraction and were classified as follows: (1) the early rare-earths (R=La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd) yield RAl{sub x}Si{sub 2-x}, x{approx}1, non-stoichiometric ternary derivatives of the body-centered {alpha}-ThSi{sub 2}-type; (2) the late rare-earths (R=Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm) form stoichiometric R{sub 2}Al{sub 3}Si{sub 2} compounds that crystallize in the C-centered monoclinic Y{sub 2}Al{sub 3}Si{sub 2}-type; (3) the divalent Eu and Yb produce EuAl{sub 2}Si{sub 2} and YbAl{sub 2}Si{sub 2} with the trigonal CaAl{sub 2}Si{sub 2}-type, whereas the last lanthanide element, Lu, forms LuAlSi with C-centered orthorhombic YAlGe-type. These structural trends are reviewed, and the evolution of the basic physical properties such as magnetism, heat capacity and electrical resistivity when moving across the series is described in detail.

OSTI ID:
20726001
Journal Information:
Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 178, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2005.04.021; PII: S0022-4596(05)00174-X; Copyright (c) 2005 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0022-4596
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English