Pd(2.28(1))Zn(10.37(1))Al(0.35(1)), a ternary ?-brass-type structure.
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SUBMITTER: Thimmaiah S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2979901 | biostudies-other | 2010
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Pd(2.28(1))Zn(10.37(1))Al(0.35(1)), a ternary γ-brass-type structure.
Thimmaiah Srinivasa S Miller Gordon J GJ
Acta crystallographica. Section E, Structure reports online 20100113 Pt 2
Palladium zinc aluminium (2.28/10.37/0.35), Pd(2.28(1))Zn(10.37(1))Al(0.35(1)), represents the upper limit of Al substitution into the parent cubic γ-brass Pd(2+x)Zn(11-x). The structure can be described in terms of a 26-atom cluster consisting of an inner tetra-hedron (IT), an outer tetra-hedron (OT), an octa-hedron (OH) and a cubocta-hedron (CO), with the substituted Al atoms partially occupying the IT (.3m) and CO (..m) sites. ...[more]
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