Orthorhombic approximant phases and their relation to quasicrystals in mechanically alloyed Al–Cu–Fe–Si alloys

Kim, SH and Chattopadhyay, K and Kim, KB and Kim, WT and Kim, DH (2006) Orthorhombic approximant phases and their relation to quasicrystals in mechanically alloyed Al–Cu–Fe–Si alloys. In: Philosophical Magazine Letters, 86 (7). pp. 425-433.

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Abstract

The possibility of synthesis of quasicrystalline and associated approximant phases during mechanical alloying and subsequent heat treatment of $Al_{65}Cu_{20}Fe_{10}Si_5$ alloy powders has been investigated. It is shown that, in addition to the stable ordered quasicrystal and 1/1 cubic approximant, two more phases having orthorhombic symmetry coexist. The a and c parameters of both these phases are similar to the lattice parameters of the cubic approximant, whereas their b parameters are, respectively, three and four times larger than the c parameters. It is suggested that these phases evolve on account of local symmetry breaking of the cubic approximant phase, possibly due to ordering.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Philosophical Magazine Letters
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Taylor & Francis
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy)
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2006
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:31
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/8607

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