Study of conditions of crystallization and of thermodynamic properties of selected intermetallic compounds of lanthanides
Abstract
In this diploma work, I present the results of structural and thermodynamic studies of selected RNi4Si (R – La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Er, Ho, Dy) compounds. Contrary to its parent compound RNi5, these compounds do not crystallize in the hexagonal structure (CaCu5-type, space group P6/mmm).
Instead of this, the orthorhombic structure with the space group Cmmm was found.