The Thermal Stability of a Single-Grain Mg-Zn-Y Icosahedral Quasicrystal

2000 ◽  
Vol 643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z.P. Luo ◽  
Y.L. Tang ◽  
D.J. Miller ◽  
M.J. Kramer ◽  
I.R. Fisher ◽  
...  

AbstractThe stability of the Mg-Zn-Y icosahedral quasicrystal (IQC) has been studied by long-term annealing of a single grain IQC in quartz tubes. Decomposition of the IQC was observed after annealing at high temperatures (T≥773 K) sealed in Ar. During the decomposition process, the quasilattice parameter aR was found to decrease, associated with a decrease in Mg content of the IQC phase as confirmed by quantitative x-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy analyses. In addition, a new cubic approximant has been found in the annealed samples. This cubic approximant has a face-centered cubic (fcc) structure with lattice parameter of a = 1.276 nm, which is about (1/τ) times smaller than that of the fcc W'-(MgZnY) with a = 2.05 nm reported previously (where τ is the golden ratio).

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (S2) ◽  
pp. 413-414
Author(s):  
E.M. Hunt ◽  
J.M. Hampikian ◽  
N.D. Evans

Ion implantation can be used to alter the optical response of insulators through the formation of embedded nano-sized particles. Single crystal alumina has been implanted at ambient temperature with 50 keV Ca+ to a fluence of 5 x 1016 ions/cm2. Ion channeling, Knoop microhardness measurements, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) indicate that the alumina surface layer was amorphized by the implant. TEM also revealed nano-sized crystals ≈7 - 8 nm in diameter as seen in Figure 1. These nanocrystals are randomly oriented, and exhibit a face-centered cubic structure (FCC) with a lattice parameter of 0.409 nm ± 0.002 nm. The similarity between this crystallography and that of pure aluminum (which is FCC with a lattice parameter of 0.404 nm) suggests that they are metallic aluminum nanocrystals with a slightly dilated lattice parameter, possibly due to the incorporation of a small amount of calcium.Energy-filtered transmission electron microscopy (EFTEM) provides an avenue by which to confirm the metallic nature of the aluminum involved in the nanocrystals.


2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Z. Kassaee ◽  
F. Buazar ◽  
E. Motamedi

Arc-fabricated copper nanoparticles (Cu Nps) size, morphology and the crystalline structure, as well as the yields of Nps appear sensitive to the applied currents (50–160 A) in distilled water. The results indicate that the sizes of Cu Nps are directly proportional to the currents employed. At 50 A, TEM, XRD, and SEM analyses show fabrication of relatively purest, the most dispersed, face-centered cubic (fcc) brown Cu Nps with rather smallest average size of 20 nm. At the same current, the TGA-DTA analysis reveals neither weight loss nor gain, indicating thermal stability of the fabricated Cu Nps.


1997 ◽  
Vol 165 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 180-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Schieffer ◽  
C. Krembel ◽  
M.C. Hanf ◽  
D. Bolmont ◽  
G. Gewinner

1996 ◽  
Vol 427 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. R. Chen ◽  
L. J. Chen

AbstractThermal stability and failure mechanisms of Au/TiW(N)/Si and Au/TiW(N)/SiO2/Si systems have been studied by both conventional and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, X- ray diffraction and Auger electron spectroscopy. For films deposited in Ar gas containing 20% N2, a single face-centered-cubic phase was the only crystalline phase detected to form. The samples were found to remain stable after annealing at 700 °C for 30 min. The stability temperature for Au/TiW(N)(Ar:N2=80:20)/SiO2/Si samples was found to be higher than those of Au/TiW(N) (Ar:N2=90:10)/SiO2/Si and Au/TiW/SiO2/Si samples.


Author(s):  
Valentina F. Degtyareva ◽  
Nataliya S. Afonikova

Crystal structures of simple metals and binary alloy phases based on the face-centered cubic (fcc) structure are analyzed within the model of Fermi sphere – Brillouin zone interactions to understand the stability of original cubic structure and derivative structures with distortions, superlattices and vacancies. Examination of the Brillouin-Jones configuration in relation to the nearly-free electron Fermi sphere for several representative phases reveals significance of the electron energy contribution to the phase stability. Representation of complex structures in the reciprocal space clarifies their relationship to the basic cubic cell.


1961 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osvald Knop ◽  
Mohammad Anwar Ibrahim

The face-centered cubic phase π(Fe,Co,Ni,S) has been shown to exist, at room temperature, within wide composition limits in or close to the M9S8 section of the quaternary system Fe–Co–Ni–S. The M:S ratio of the binary phase π (Co,S) is 9:8 with very narrow homogeneity ranges on both sides of Co9S8, but in π (Fe,Co,Ni,S) the ratio is somewhat higher and appears to increase with decreasing cobalt content. Stoichiometric Co9S8 probably contains a small number of vacancies in both sublattices. It is quite lilcely that the sulphur sublattice is nearly fully occupied and that departures from stoichiometry are caused by the varying degree of occupancy of the metal sublattice.The crystal structure, which was proposed for Co9S8 and for the mineral pentlandite by Lindqvist etal., has been confirmed for these two substances and for π (Fe,Co,Ni,S) in general by X-ray and neutron powder diffraction. The present evidence does not support the crystal structure suggested for natural pentlandite by Eliseev; Eliseev's model does not, in fact, account for the diffraction data of any of the substances examined in this work.Replacement of cobalt in π (Co,S) by iron or nickel or both results in an expansion of the unit cell, the maximum increase in a(π) amounting to about 3%. Cobalt in π (Co,S) cannot be replaced completely by iron or by nickel in samples prepared by dry synthesis, but if the substitution is simultaneous, the π structure will be preserved over a considerable range of compositions even on total replacement. The stability limits of π (Fe,Ni,S) have been found somewhat wider than those stated by Lundqvist.In π phases with the compositions Co8MS8 the metal atoms can conceivably be present in ordered sublattices. This possibility was explored by neutron diffraction in slowly cooled Co8NiS8. Unlike in spinels, where nickel shows a strong preference for octahedral co-ordination, the cobalt and nickel atoms were found to be distributed at random.


1993 ◽  
Vol 313 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Heckmann ◽  
H. Magnan ◽  
P. Le Fevre ◽  
D. Chandesris

ABSTRACTThe stable structure of cobalt is hexagonal closed packed (hep), but cobalt can be stabilized in the face centered cubic structure (fee) by epitaxy on Cu (100). These films are ferromagnetic with [110] in plane easy axis. The Magnetic anisotropies of these films strongly depend on their structure, and in particular to the possible deviation from the isotropie fee structure. We have studied these films by surface EXAF.S. By recording the spectra both in normal incidence and in grazing incidence we have shown that the Co/Cu (100) films have a face centered tetragonal structure: the mean nearest neighbour distance parallel to the surface is 2.55 Å (same value as in bulk copper) and the interlayer bonds length is 2.50 Å (same value as in bulk cobalt). We conclude that the films are in perfect epitaxy on copper (100) with a contraction of the lattice parameter perpendicular to the surface of 4%. A constant tetragonalization is observed for films of 2 to 15 Monolayers.


2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-161
Author(s):  
Namita Bharadwaj ◽  
Jaishri Kaushik

The stability constant Kf for the complexation of Ag(Ⅰ) metal ion with Midodrine hydrochloride were determinedby spectrophotometric method at room temperature .The colored complexes were measured at 300 nm. The stability constant of the complexes were found to be 5.47 by mole ratio method. The stoichiometry of the complexes formed between the Midodrine drug and Ag (Ⅰ) metal ion are 1:1 M/L ratio. Silver conjugated Midodrine hydrochloride Nano synthesized and characterized by UV/Visible spectroscopy, SEM, XRD and FT-IR. The UV/Visible spectra of Midodrine –Ag nanoparticle in the range of 322 nm. XRD conformThe crystallite size of Midodrine - Ag (Ⅰ) nanoparticles are found to be 64.5 nmfrom Debye Scherer formula.Thecrystallinity of nanoparticles is Face centered cubic structure. SEM conform of particle size and surface morphology, FTIR analyzed involvement of -NH2 group in Midodrine is the stabilized of silver nanoparticle. This research is focuses on complexation, Nano synthesis and characterization of Drug-silver nanoparticle for antihypotention therapy.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng-Lin Gao ◽  
Jian Gong ◽  
Qiang Tian ◽  
Gung-Ai Sun ◽  
Hai-Yang Yan ◽  
...  

Abstract A 9Cr-oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) steel was thermally aged at 873 K for up to 5000 hours. The size distribution and chemical composition of the dispersed oxide nanoparticles were analyzed by small angle neutron scattering (SANS) method under magnetic field. Combined with transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Vickers micro-hardness tests and electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) measurements, all the results showed that the thermal treatment had little or no effect on the size distributions and volume fractions of the oxide nanoparticles in the ferromagnetic matrix, which suggested excellent thermal stability of the 9Cr-ODS steel.


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