From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?st=E9phane?= gutierrez <stephane.gutierrez@hermes.usherb.ca>
Reply-To: mosi2_ca@home.europe.yahoo.com
Newsgroups: sci.physics.plasma
Subject: informations about cristallography


Hello from Quebec,

I am Ph.d. student at the Plasma Technology Research Centre at the
sherbrooke university  in canada.
Currently, I work on ultrafine MoSi2 powders .
I try to analyze the structure of this intermetallic in order to
interpret his behaviors : fragile at low temperature and ductile at high

temperature. there are two structures, stable (body centered tetragonal;
C11b; I4mm; Number 139) and unstable (hexagonal;
C40; P6222; number 180).
I try to find the co-ordination number, compactness, the length
interatomic, the type of stacking, the type of bond (covalent,
metal), etc.
are they any special considerations for the intermetallics ?
which are the factors which determine the existence and the geometry of
the intermetallic phases?

can anybody help me?

Thank you.

Stéphane Gutierrez
Président du Groupement des Graduées de Génie
Étudiant au Doctorat
Centre de Recherche en Technologie des Plasmas
Département de Génie Chimique
Université de Sherbrooke
2500 Boul. Université
J1K 2R1 - Sherbrooke - Québec - Canada
Courriel : stephane@gcm.usherb.ca
tél. : (819) 821-8000 poste 2759
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