Philosophical Magazine Letters · 1992 · 68 citations · 20 references
Materials ScienceMaterials EngineeringEngineeringApplied PhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsSingle GrainPerfect Icosahedral SymmetryAlloy PhaseCrystal FormationCrystallographyCentimetre-size Single GrainMicrostructureIcosahedral Al—pd—mn Phase
Abstract A single grain of the icosahedral Al—Pd—Mn phase has been extracted from an ingot, slowly cooled from the melt by the Bridgman technique. It has an approximate size of 1·5 cm × 0·5 cm × 0·5 cm and has been fully characterized by various techniques to be of perfect icosahedral symmetry.
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