D. Rossi et R. Ferro, ON RZN(1.5)X(0.5) INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS (R EQUALS RARE-EARTH, X EQUALS GERMANIUM, TIN), Journal of alloys and compounds, 236(1-2), 1996, pp. 212-215
Several phases with compositions RZn(1.5)X(0.5) formed by combining di
fferent rare earth metals (R) with Zn and Ge (or Sn) have been studied
. Their crystal structures proved to be related to the hP3 AlB2 and hP
6 CaIn2 types. The data obtained have been compared with those reporte
d in literature relevant to many ternary phases of similar composition
and used to plot a structure stability map.