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Evidence of a Order-Disorder Transition in the Crystalline Phase of Cd6Yb, 1/1 cubic approximant of icosahedral Cd 5.7 Yb

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

N. Sorloaica ,
A. L. Pope ,
D. W. Winkler ,
Terry M. Tritt ,
V. Keppens ,
D. Mandrus  and
B. Sales
N. Sorloaica
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
A. L. Pope
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
D. W. Winkler
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
Terry M. Tritt
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
V. Keppens
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
D. Mandrus
Affiliation:
Novel Materials Group, Solid State Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
B. Sales
Affiliation:
Novel Materials Group, Solid State Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
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Abstract

The electrical and thermal transport properties (electrical resistivity, thermopower, heat capacity and thermal conductivity) of the crystalline phase of the binary Cd6Yb system has been measured over a temperature range from 10 K to 300 K. Evidence for a phase transition in Cd6Yb is observed in the electrical transport properties with distinct changes in the temperature dependence of the resistivity and thermopower around T ≈ 110K. An anomaly in the heat capacity and a thermal conductivity is also observed at this same temperature. Hysteretic behavior is not evident in the temperature dependence of any of the electrical and thermal transport properties. In addition, the elastic properties using resonant ultrasound (RUS) techniques have been investigated over a similar temperature range. A large “resonance dip” is observed in the RUS data at T ≈ 110K, which is indicative of some type of structural change in the crystalline material at this temperature. These data will be presented and discussed in context of the undergoes reversible order-disorder transition in the 1/1 cubic approximant at about 110 K, which makes the system very interesting compared to the quasicrystal phase Cd5.7Yb

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 793: Symposium S – Thermoelectric Materials 2003 - Research and Applications , 2003 , S8.16
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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