Figure 2
Derivation of the Fe2Al5 structure. (a) The CsCl-type structure of FeAl. (b) Deletion of half of the Fe atoms of FeAl such that the remaining ones form zigzag chains. (c) Opening the resulting Fe2Al4 framework creates channels ready for the inclusion of additional atoms. (d) The addition of δ Al atoms into the channels yields a structure with the composition Fe2Al4+δ. |