M. Boudard et al., STRUCTURE OF QUASI-CRYSTALLINE APPROXIMANT PHASE IN THE AL-PD-MN SYSTEM, Philosophical magazine. A. Physics of condensed matter. Structure, defects and mechanical properties, 74(4), 1996, pp. 939-956
The structure of an orthorhombic phase (xi' phase) with Al73.5Pd22.4Mn
4.1 composition was solved by applying the direct methods and refined
by a least-squares procedure. The space group is Pnma and the magnitud
es of cell parameters are a = 23.541 Angstrom, b = 16.566 Angstrom and
c = 12.339 Angstrom. The final reliability factor is R = 0.072 for 34
19 independent reflections. The structure is made up of partial Mackay
icosahedra in which the Pd atoms form icosahedra centred on Mn atoms.
These central Mn atoms are located at the vertices of flattened hexag
ons arranged in quincunx. The xi' phase is nearly isomorphic to the Al
3Pd structure and has a layer structure consisting of flat and puckere
d layers similar to what is found in Al3Mn and Al13Fe4.