2-STAGE MELTING IN CESIUM LEAD ALLOYS

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作者
PRICE, DL [1 ]
SABOUNGI, ML [1 ]
REIJERS, R [1 ]
KEARLEY, G [1 ]
WHITE, R [1 ]
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[1] INST MAX VON LAUE PAUL LANGEVIN,F-38042 GRENOBLE,FRANCE
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.1894
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The intermediate phase of the intermetallic alloy CsPb is shown to be a plastic crystal characterized by jump reorientations of Cs4Pb4 structural units. The wave-vector variation of elastic and quasielastic intensities is well reproduced by a simple model of independent structural units jumping between the four orientations observed in the crystal at room temperature. This represents the first observation of a plastic-crystal phase in a metal alloy.
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页码:1894 / 1897
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