Metallic Phase with Long-Range Orientational Order and No Translational Symmetry
D. ShechtmanDepartment of Materials Engineering, Israel Institute of Technology- Technion, 3200 Haifa, IsraelI. A. BlechDepartment of Materials Engineering, Israel Institute of Technology- Technion, 3200 Haifa, IsraelD. GratiasDepartment of Materials Engineering, Israel Institute of Technology- Technion, 3200 Haifa, IsraelJohn W. CahnDepartment of Materials Engineering, Israel Institute of Technology- Technion, 3200 Haifa, Israel
1984en
ABI
Abstract
We have observed a metallic solid (Al-14-at.%-Mn) with long-range orientational order, but with icosahedral point group symmetry, which is inconsistent with lattice translations. Its diffraction spots are as sharp as those of crystals but cannot be indexed to any Bravais lattice. The solid is metastable and forms from the melt by a first-order transition.
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