Structural Characterization of Y2Pd14B5

• Published in: Crystal research and technology (1979) Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 409 - 417
• Main Authors: Hough, D.W., Jaenicke-Roessler, U., Zahn, G., Belger, A., Guembel, A., Oertel, C.-G., Skrotzki, W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin WILEY-VCH Verlag Berlin GmbH 01-04-2000; WILEY‐VCH Verlag Berlin GmbH
• Subjects: oriented intergrowth; structure analysis; transmission electron microscopy (TEM); X-ray diffraction; Y2Pd14B5
• ISSN: 0232-1300; 1521-4079
• DOI: 10.1002/1521-4079(200004)35:4<409::AID-CRAT409>3.0.CO;2-5

Y2Pd14B5 is the major phase in as‐cast and annealed multiphase alloys with nominal compositions near YPd5B3C0.3. Its crystal structure determined the first time here by single crystal X‐ray diffraction is body‐centered tetragonal (space group I41/amd). Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) reveals that in as‐cast specimens the tetragonal phase has a modulated structure and is oriented intergrown with a face‐centered cubic phase of similar composition, namely YPd7B2. According to Rietveld analyses of the multiphase system the structure of this phase can be well‐described by space group Fm m. Annealing the sample for 150 hrs at 973 K results in a coarsening and enrichment of the tetragonal phase as well as a disappearance of the modulations allowing a detailed structure analysis by single crystal diffractometry.