ISSN:
1600-5724
Source:
Crystallography Journals Online : IUCR Backfile Archive 1948-2001
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Geosciences
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Physics
Notes:
Nb3Si in the Cr3Si (A15) structure has been successfully recovered in bulk amounts after shock compressing Nb3Si in the Ti3P structure. The material was under compression less than 1 μs. To account for the extreme rapidity of the transformation we find that the essential characteristics of the Cr3Si structure can be achieved by screw rotating one type of column of Nb-atom pairs 45° and one quarter cell length in the Ti3P structure. It is further shown that the Fe3P structure cannot be similarly transformed.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S0567739482000278