Abstract
Studies of phase formation in rapidly solidified Al-Mn alloys (composition range 18-22 at.% Mn) show that an icosahedral phase is replaced by another noncrystallographic phase, a decagonal phase. The decagonal phase is another example of quasicrystal: It has a noncrystallographic point group ($\frac{10}{m}$ or $\frac{10}{\mathrm{mmm}}$) together with long-range orientational order and one-dimensional translational symmetry. The decagonal phase is an intermediate phase between an icosahedral phase and a crystal both from the symmetry and from the solidification condition points of view.
Keywords
QuasicrystalIcosahedral symmetryTranslational symmetryPhase (matter)Symmetry (geometry)Rotation (mathematics)Rotational symmetryCondensed matter physicsPhysicsCrystal (programming language)Order (exchange)CrystallographyMaterials scienceSymmetry operationChemistryQuantum mechanicsGeometry
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- 55
- Issue
- 14
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- 1461-1463
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Leonid A. Bendersky
(1985).
Quasicrystal with One-Dimensional Translational Symmetry and a Tenfold Rotation Axis.
Physical Review Letters
, 55
(14)
, 1461-1463.
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.55.1461
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/physrevlett.55.1461
- PMID
- 10031829