Disorder in decagonal quasicrystals is studied by "contrasting methods", i.
e. by joint analysis of X-ray and neutron data and by use of the anomalous
dispersion method, to learn about the relative influence of the transition
metals. First experimental results with decagonal Al-Ni-Co samples of diffe
rent origin are discussed qualitatively. A comparative study of Patterson m
aps from neutron and X-ray Bragg data of d-Al72.5Ni16.5Co11 gives direct ev
idence for particular sites occupied by Co. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V.
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