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The intermetallic compound Mn2Sb (tetragonal structure, Cu2Sb type) was exposed to high pressures (4 to 8 GPa) and temperatures (up to 2300 K) for 10 min and was shown to phase-separate to Mn3Sb and Mn1.5Sb at certain processing temperatures, pressures, and durations.
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Original Russian Text © V.S. Goncharov, V.M. Ryzhkovskii, 2011, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2011, Vol. 47, No. 12, pp. 1425–1428.
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Goncharov, V.S., Ryzhkovskii, V.M. Phase separation of Mn2Sb at high pressures and temperatures. Inorg Mater 47, 1298–1301 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168511120065
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