High-pressure x-ray diffraction study of Ta[sub 4]AlC[sub 3]
β Scribed by Manoun, Bouchaib; Saxena, S. K.; El-Raghy, T.; Barsoum, M. W.
- Book ID
- 121727462
- Publisher
- American Institute of Physics
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 555 KB
- Volume
- 88
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-6951
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β¦ Synopsis
Using a synchrotron radiation source and a diamond anvil cell, we measured the pressure dependence of the lattice parameters of a recently discovered phase, Ta4AlC3. This phase adopts a hexagonal structure with the space group P63βmmc; at room conditions, the a and c parameters are 3.087(5) and 23.70(4)Γ , respectively. Up to a pressure of 47GPa, no phase transformations were observed. Like Ta2AlC, but unlike many related phases such as Ti4AlN3, Ti3SiC2, Ti3GeC2, and Zr2InC, the compressibility of Ta4AlC3 along the c and a axes are almost identical. The bulk modulus of Ta4AlC3, 261Β±2GPa, is β4% greater than that of Ta2AlC. Both, however, are β37% lower than the 345Β±9GPa of TaC.
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