Table 1.

Unit-cell dimension (a) and d-spacings of the Ce₃Al fcc alloy at different pressures during decompression after its high-pressure, room-temperature synthesis from the metallic glass Ce₃Al and intermetallic compound α-Ce₃Al starting materials

Dimension/spacing	Metallic glass				α-Ce3Al
	hkl				hkl
	dcal, Å	dobs, Å	dcal,Å	dobs, Å	dcal, Å	dobs, Å	dcal, Å	dobs, Å
111	2.8096	2.8099	2.6038	2.6038	2.8234	2.8205	2.6844	2.6841
200	2.4332	2.4311	2.2550	2.2581	2.4451	2.4538	2.3247	2.3312
220	1.7205	1.7202	1.5945	1.5943	1.7290	1.7287	1.6438	1.6439
311	1.4672	1.4672	1.3598	1.3609	1.4745	1.4732	1.4019	1.4031
222	1.4048	1.4049	1.3019	1.3016	1.4117	1.4095	1.3422	1.3426
P, GPa	0.0		6.2		0.0		3.2
a, Å	4.8662(3)		4.5099(4)		4.8902(3)		4.6494(2)