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Local symmetry in some quasicrystalline AlTFe alloys

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Mössbauer spectra of AlTFe-alloys with T=Cr or Mn, show a quadrupole splitting QS≈0.4 mm/s. This shows that the iron atom is not in an icosahedral site. In order to investigate the local symmetry further, we applied an external magnetic field Hext≈5T, so that the asymmetry parameter ν can be obtained. Using a one site approximation the results are: ν=0.7 for decagonal Al7(Mn0.7Fe0.3)2 and ν=0.8 for icosahedral Al6Cr0.7Fe0.3. This means that the iron atoms are in sites with a symmetry lower than axially symmetric. Most of the vertices in a Penrose lattice show such a symmetry.

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  1. R. Xu, R. D. Werkman & F. Van Der Woude

    Present address: Solid State Physics Laboratory, University of Groningen, Melkweg 1, 9718 EP, Groningen, The Netherlands

  2. I. Vince

    Present address: Central Research Institute of Physics, Budapest, Hungary

  3. P. J. Schurer

    Present address: Royal Roads Military College, F.M.O. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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  1. Solid State Physics Laboratory, Materials Science Centre, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

    R. Xu, R. D. Werkman, I. Vince, P. J. Schurer & F. Van Der Woude

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Xu, R., Werkman, R.D., Vince, I. et al. Local symmetry in some quasicrystalline AlTFe alloys. Hyperfine Interact 45, 403–407 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02405906

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