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Compression of Zr 2 InC to 52 GPa
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Compression of Zr 2 InC to 52 GPa

Bouchaib Manoun, S Saxena, H Liermann, R Gulve, E Hoffman, M Barsoum, G Hug and C Zha
Applied physics letters, v 85(9), pp 1514-1516
2004

Abstract

Using a synchrotron-radiation source and a diamond-anvil cell, we measured the pressure dependence of the lattice parameters of a polycrystalline Zr 2 InC sample. Up to a pressure of 52 GPa , no phase transformations were observed. As observed in Ti 3 SiC 2 and Ti 3 Si 0.5 Ge 0.5 C 2 , the compressibility of Zr 2 InC along the c axis was greater than along the a axis. The bulk modulus is 127 ± 5 GPa , with a pressure derivative of 4.25 ± 0.3 ; the former is in excellent agreement with our ab initio calculations ( 130.9 GPa ) . The a ( 3.367 Å ) and c ( 15.100 Å ) parameters from the ab initio calculations are also slightly larger than those measured here, viz., 3.35 and 14.91 Å . Surprisingly, a hysteresis was observed in the a -lattice parameters; they were higher upon unloading than loading. The reason for this hysteresis is not clear at this time.

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