“…They have established that the previously reported LnB x phases (Ln = La, Pr, Gd, Er, Yb, and Y) are also members of this series. Later works by Nordine, Smith & Johnson (1964), Fishel & Eick (1969), Bauer & Nowotny (1971), Bauer & Debuigne (1972) and Bezruk & Markovskii (1972)have established that all the rare-earth metals (except Eu) and the pseudorare-earth metal yttrium form this phase. Very recently in our laboratory we have prepared the diboride dicarbides of europium (Schwetz, H6rle & Bauer, 1979) and calcium (Br6ant, Pensec, Bauer & Debuigne, 1978) by annealing mixtures of the elements in sealed Mo bombs.…”