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Experimental synthesis and crystal structure refinement of a new ternary intermetallic compound Al3GaCu9

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2023

Liuqing Liang Open the ORCID record for Liuqing Liang [Opens in a new window] ,
Weijun Li ,
Meiwen Lu ,
Sheng Li ,
Degui Li  and
Bin Gu
Liuqing Liang
Affiliation:
College of Ecological Aluminum Industry, Baise University, Baise, Guangxi 533000, China
Weijun Li
Affiliation:
College of Ecological Aluminum Industry, Baise University, Baise, Guangxi 533000, China
Meiwen Lu*
Affiliation:
Guangxi Vocational College of Water Resources and Electric Power, Nanning, Guangxi 530023, China
Sheng Li
Affiliation:
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, Guangxi 541004, China
Degui Li
Affiliation:
College of Ecological Aluminum Industry, Baise University, Baise, Guangxi 533000, China
Bin Gu
Affiliation:
College of Ecological Aluminum Industry, Baise University, Baise, Guangxi 533000, China
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a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Electronic mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

A new ternary intermetallic compound Al3GaCu9 was synthesized experimentally. A high-quality powder diffraction pattern of the compound was collected by an X-ray diffractometer, and its crystal structure was determined using the Rietveld refinement method. Results show that the compound has a cubic cell with the Al4Cu9 structure type (space group $P\bar{4}3m$ and Pearson symbol cP52). The lattice parameter a = 8.7132(3) Å, unit-cell volume V = 661.52 Å3, calculated density Dcalc = 7.26 g/cm3, and Z = 4. The residual factors converge to Rp = 2.96%, Rwp = 4.06%, and Rexp = 2.57%. The experimentally obtained reference intensity ratio value is 7.04.

Keywords

Al3GaCu9intermetallic compoundpowder X-ray diffractionRietveld refinement
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New Diffraction Data
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Powder Diffraction , Volume 38 , Issue 3 , September 2023 , pp. 215 - 219
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Centre for Diffraction Data

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