Crystal growth of Eu2PdSi3 containing volatile element by optical floating zone method

Yi Ku Xu, Dan Dan Wang, Xu Ding Song, Jin Li Yu, Jun Xia Xiao, Jian Min Hao, Lin Liu, Jun Zhang, Wolfgang Löser

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Abstract

As a new type of disk storage material, single crystal growth of Eu2PdSi3 is a difficult problem because of the volatile element. In the study, Eu2PdSi3 crystals were grown by optical floating zone technique. Cellular structure was obtained when the feed rod was prepared according to stoichiometric ratio. It was indicated that constitutional supercooling occoured which was caused by the compositon shift of the melt. Bulk Eu2PdSi3 crystals were grown by feed rod composition shift method. It was found that volatile problem could be solved using feed rod composition shift method under the argon pressure higher than 3 MPa.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-5
Number of pages5
JournalCailiao Rechuli Xuebao/Transactions of Materials and Heat Treatment
Volume37
Issue number3
StatePublished - 25 Mar 2016

Keywords

  • Cellular structure
  • Floating zone technique
  • Rare earth compounds
  • Single crystal growth

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