Crystal Structure of Al₂Cu₃Nd Ternary Compound

Abstract

A new Al-Cu-Nd system alloy, the high-purity Al2Cu3Nd ternary compound, was developed and prepared with the stoichiometric amounts of elemental constituents by arc melting under argon atmosphere. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) data of Al2Cu3Nd was collected by using the Rigaku Smart Lab X-ray powder diffractometer, and all X-ray diffraction peaks of Al2Cu3Nd compound were indexed successfully with the hexagonal structure. The Rietveld refinement results of the XRD pattern for the Al2Cu3Nd compound showed that the Al2Cu3Nd compound is the hexagonal structure, space group P6/mmm (No.191) with a = 5.2397(1) Å, c = 4.1783(1) Å, V = 99.34 Å3, Z = 1. The density of the compound was 6.501 g/cm3, and its reference intensity ratio (RIR) w 1.26.