Eight new rare earth gold aluminides R 3 Au x Al 11-x (R = Y, Gd, Ho, Er, and Tm), RAuAl 3 (R = Yb and Gd) and RAu 3 Al 7 (R = Y) have been synthesized by arc-melting, followed by annealing at 600ºC. The crystal structures of the compounds were solved from powder X-ray diffraction data. The above mentioned intermetallics crystallize with four known structure types, La 3 Al 11 , BaAl 4 , BaNiSn 3 , and ScRh 3 Si 7 . Structural peculiarities, coordinations and interactions of the atoms in the investigated compounds are briefly discussed.
Rare earth intermetallics / Ternary aluminides / X-ray diffraction / Crystal structure