Materials science - A precious stone that isn't

被引：23

作者：

Cahn, RW ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Cambridge, Dept Mat Sci & Met, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, England

来源：

NATURE | 1998年 / 396卷 / 6711期

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D O I：

10.1038/25010

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

A new purple precious ‘stone’ has entered the market, though it is in fact not a stone at all. Rather it is the intermetallic compound AuAl2, which is being set into jewellery by a South African business specializing in mineral and metallurgical technology.

引用

页码：523 / 524

页数：2

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