Abstract
A 780-atom primitive tetragonal unit with edges 27.3, 27.3, and 12.6 Å is assigned to rapidly solidified Cu5Ni3Si2 and V15Ni10Si by analysis of electron diffraction photographs with the assumption that the crystals contain icosahedral clusters. There are thirty 26-atom clusters at the sigma-phase positions. Apparent 8-fold symmetry results from 45° twinning on the basal plane.
Keywords: quasicrystals
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