Abstract:We investigated the effect of partial replacement of Cd by M=Au and Zn in the crystal structure of the 1/1 Tsai‐type quasicrystal approximant (AC) GdCd6. Compositionally homogeneous single crystal samples Gd(Cd0.87Zn0.13(1))6 and Gd(Cd0.80Au0.20(1))6 were grown from melts Gd5(Cd0.8Zn0.2)100 and Gd1(Cd0.9Au0.1)100, respectively, and isolated by centrifugation. The M for Cd substitution in GdCd6 is accompanied with a sizeable reduction of the cubic unit cell parameter, from 15.514(2) Å to 15.329(1) Å (Zn) and 15… Show more
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