A new intermetallic phase in the Pd-Pb-As system

Heart rate and time-motion analyses in top junior players during basketball matches

“…In agreement with other research (Ben Abdelkrim et al, 2007;Erčulj et al, 2008;Matkovič et al, 2005;McInnes et al, 1995;Montgomery, Pyne, & Minahan, 2010;Narazaki et al, 2009) on basketball players, the high intensity activities resulted in heart rates of approximately 170 beats · min. .…”

“…Ziv and Lidor (2009) stated that 86.20 ± 5.30% of HR peak was achieved during the first half and that 86.70 ± 4.30% of HR peak was achieved during the second half of the warm up match (U18 category). Average heart rate, measuring from 87 to 91% of HR peak, was examined in studies that focused on a cohort of top senior basketball players (Matkovič R. B., Matkovič B., & Knajz, 2005;McInnes, Carlson, Jones, & McKenna, 1995;Montgomery, Pyne, & Minanhan, 2010). Narazaki, Berg, Stergiou, and Chen (2009) measured the heart rate of six National Collegiate Athletic Association second league players (aged 20.8 years) and observed an average heart rate of 169.30 ± 4.50 beats · min.…”

Chemistry and Physical Properties of the Phosphide Telluride Zr2PTe2

“…This is reflected by the fact that both bond lengths, 262.98(2) and 288.98(2) pm for Zr-P and Zr-Te, lie close to the sum of their covalent radii (255 and 282 pm [25,26] ). Also, as already mentioned above, Zr-P [262.98(2) pm] in Zr 2 PTe 2 almost equals the distance found in ZrP (263 pm; NaCl structure type [22] ), and Zr-Te [288.98(2) pm] in Zr 2 PTe 2 is just slightly larger than the one observed in the similarly layered binary compound ZrTe 2 (282 pm; CdI 2 structure type [21] ). The average ICOHP value for Zr-Zr contacts amounts to -0.041 eV bond -1 suggesting weak interactions, and this result is in line with the long average Zr-Zr distance of 374.92(5) pm, which is 0.72 Å longer than the sum of the metallic radius of Zr for CN 12 (303 pm [25,26] ).…”

“…[20] Furthermore, the zirconium arsenide tellurides Zr 0.29 Zr 2 AsTe 2 and NaZr 2 AsTe 2 exhibit the same stacking www.eurjic.orgsequence, but in these compounds octahedral voids between the sandwich layers are partially or completely filled. [3] In Zr 2 PTe 2 the interatomic distance Zr-Te is 288.98(2) pm, which is slightly larger than the one in the layered binary compound ZrTe 2 (282 pm; CdI 2 structure type [21] ). This might be due to the fact that in Zr 2 PTe 2 the zirconium cations are coordinated by three (smaller) phosphide and three (larger) telluride anions and therefore slightly move out of the centre of the octahedra in the direction of the phosphide anions, so that a trigonal-antiprismatic coordination results.…”

Structural and magnetic properties of magnetocaloric LaFe13–xSix compounds synthesized by high energy ball-milling

“…According to the XRD data refinement, the cell parameter of the a-(Fe,Si), which varies from 2.8616(5) to 2.8646(8) Å is smaller than that of a-Fe (2.866 Å [18]). It indicates that some silicon atoms, from 3 to about 7 at%, are dissolved in the a-Fe phase in agreement with the literature [19] and the Vegard's law [20].…”