《Dumb-bell Structures of Nonstoichiometric La(Ni,Sn)5+x Alloys and Their Relationships with the Preparation Methods》.pdfVIP

23 卷5 期 结 构 化 学 JIEGOU HUAXUE Vol. 23, No. 5 2004. 5 Chinese J. Struct. Chem. 520~524 Dumb-bell Structures of Nonstoichiometric La(Ni, Sn)5+x Alloys and Their Relationships with the Preparation Methods a a b b YUAN Zhi-Qing Lü Guang-Lie WEI Fan-Song LEI Yong-Quan a (Central Laboratory, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang 310028, China) b (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang 310027, China) ABSTRACT Crystal structures of nonstoichiometric La(Ni, Sn)5+x (x = 0.1 0.4) alloys prepared by different methods were investigated by using powder X-ray diffraction and Rietveld refinement analysis. Space group of this type of alloys belongs to P6/mmm, in which Sn only occupies the 3g sites. It has been demonstrated that some of the 1a sites of the nonstoichiometric alloy are replaced by the Ni–Ni dumb-bells which have a strong correlation with the anisotropic thermal parameter B33. The preparation methods have an effect on the number of dumb-bells that can substitute the 1a sites. It was found that the annealed alloys have more Ni–Ni dumb-bells in the structure than the rapid solidified and as-cast alloys have while still keep good crystallinity. Keywords: nonstoichiometric alloy, rapid solidified alloy, crystallographic structure, Rietveld refinement 1 INTRODUC