Intermetallic Compounds, Crystal Structures of

An intermetallic compound is one consisting of two or more metallic elements present in definite proportions in alloy. They are used in a wide range of industries such as semiconductors and the aerospace industry. Thousands of tons of the nickel aluminum alloy are used worldwide every year. Contributors

Preface to the 1995 Edition

Preface to Reprint Volumes

Acronyms

Crystal Structure Nomenclature

1 Factors Governing Crystal Structures

Pierre Villars

2 Close-Packed Structures

Jurgen Hauck and Klaus Mika

3 Body-Centered Cubic Derivative Structures

Erwin E. Hellner and Roland Schwarz

4 Wurtzite and Sphalerite Structures

Erwin Parthe

5 Atomic Environments in Some Related Intermetallic StructureTypes

Jo L. C. Daams

6 Some Important Structures of Fixed Stoichiometry

Michael V. Nevitt and Carl C. Koch

7 Topologically Close-Packed Structures

Evgen I. Gladyshevskii and Oksana Bodak

8 Structure Mapping

David G. Pettifor

9 Magnetic Structures

Walter L. Roth

10 Quasicrystals and Related Structures

Kenneth F. Kelton

Index

Contents of 1995 edition

J. H. Westbrook is the editor of Intermetallic Compounds, Volume 1, Crystal Structures of, published by Wiley. R. L. Fleischer is the editor of Intermetallic Compounds, Volume 1, Crystal Structures of, published by Wiley. This volume is one of four, each of which consists of reprinted chapters from the highly acclaimed, comprehensive two-volume set Intermetallic Compounds: Principles and Practice, published in 1995. In some cases the author or authors have added a brief addendum to bring their chapter up to date and in other cases more recent references have been added. Chapters have been selected and grouped in subject areas to provide more easily accessible and user-friendly volumes for individual researchers. The other titles in this four-volume set are: Basic Mechanical Properties and Lattice Defects of Intermetallic Compounds Structural Applications of Intermetallic Compounds Magnetic, Electrical and Optical Properties and Applications of Intermetallic Compounds