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Vitalii Shtender1, Simon R Larsen1, Martin Sahlberg1
1Department of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 538, 75121 Uppsala, Sweden.
Abstract:
We report two new variants of the X-phase (orthorhombic, space group Pnnm) derived from the Mn-Co-Ge system. Two compositionally related crystals were investigated by means of single-crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). The Mn14.9Co15.5Ge6.6 and Mn14Co16.2Ge6.8 intermetallic compounds are part of the homogeneity region of the X-phase and adopt the Mn14(Mn0.11Co0.64Si0.25)23 structure type. The composition obtained from refinement of the XRD data is in agreement with the EDS results. In the present study, chemical disorder was only detected on the 8h positions. The ordering is compared with other members of the X-phase family and shows that the degree of disordering depends on the chemical composition. No completely ordered variants of the X-phase have yet been reported.
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