Partial isothermal sections of the Al-Pd-Co phase diagram at 1050 and 790 d
egreesC are presented. In contrast to Al-Ni-Co no stable quasicrystals were
found under the investigated conditions. Instead, at the compositions corr
esponding to the high-Co limit of the Al-Ni-Co decagonal phase a periodic p
hase closely related to the decagonal phase is formed. Orthorhombic "Al3Pd"
, whose structure is known to resemble quasicrystals, extends up to 17 at.%
Co and exhibits structural variations with composition. At the Al concentr
ations slightly lower than Al3Pd(CD) several new ternary periodic phases we
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