TY - JOUR
T1 - Role of the triclinic Al2Fe structure in the formation of the Al5Fe2-approximant
AU - Hirata, Akihiko
AU - Mori, Yuichiro
AU - Ishimaru, Manabu
AU - Koyama, Yasumasa
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was partially supported by the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), 18360306, 2006.
PY - 2008/7
Y1 - 2008/7
N2 - The structural correspondence among the bcc, ordered-bcc B2, triclinic Al2Fe and approximant Al5Fe2 structures have been examined on the basis of the experimentally obtained orientation relationship of (110)bcc,B2 //(22̄1)Al2Fe and [1̄11]bcc,B2 //N(241)Al2Fe, where N(hkl) denotes the normal direction of the (hkl) plane. The formation of the triclinic Al2Fe structure from the bcc structure is directly associated with that of Al-Fe covalent bonds; that is, hybridization between Al and Fe atoms. The covalent bond formation results in the appearance of decagonal-like atomic arrangements in the Al2Fe structure, which are similar to those in the approximant Al5Fe2 structure.
AB - The structural correspondence among the bcc, ordered-bcc B2, triclinic Al2Fe and approximant Al5Fe2 structures have been examined on the basis of the experimentally obtained orientation relationship of (110)bcc,B2 //(22̄1)Al2Fe and [1̄11]bcc,B2 //N(241)Al2Fe, where N(hkl) denotes the normal direction of the (hkl) plane. The formation of the triclinic Al2Fe structure from the bcc structure is directly associated with that of Al-Fe covalent bonds; that is, hybridization between Al and Fe atoms. The covalent bond formation results in the appearance of decagonal-like atomic arrangements in the Al2Fe structure, which are similar to those in the approximant Al5Fe2 structure.
KW - Aluminium alloys
KW - Approximants
KW - Crystal structure
KW - Electron diffraction
KW - Electron irradiation
KW - Electron microscopy
KW - Intermetallic compounds
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U2 - 10.1080/09500830802247151
DO - 10.1080/09500830802247151
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:49249110984
SN - 0950-0839
VL - 88
SP - 491
EP - 500
JO - Philosophical Magazine Letters
JF - Philosophical Magazine Letters
IS - 7
ER -