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COST 507 - Repositório Aberto da Universidade do Porto

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[96Sac] The R­rich regions of the R­Al systems (R=La, Ce, Pr, Nd) have been studied by<br />

using thermal analysis (DTA), metallographic analysis, quantitative electron probe<br />

microanalysis (ΕΡΜΑ) and X­ray examinations (XRD). The coordinates of the R­rich<br />

eutectics, the lowering of the allotropie transformation temperatures of the rare earth<br />

metals by additions of Al and melting behaviours of the R­rich compounds have been<br />

particularly investigated. The terminal aluminium solubilities in the different rare earth<br />

metals and the relative stabilities of the catatectic and eutectoid equilibria have been<br />

discussed.<br />

Magnesium Alloys<br />

[96Cac] A systematic study of the enthalpy of formation of binary R­Mg alloy<br />

considering, to begin with, the systems formed with La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm and Yb, have<br />

been started. These systems were investigated by high temperature direct reaction drop<br />

calorimetry by using an instrument built in our laboratory and previously described.<br />

Other experimental methods employed in this research were X­ray diffractometry, optical<br />

and electron microscopy. Preliminary results concerning the enthalpy of formation of<br />

some alloys at the compositions RMg, RMg2 and RMg3 in the mentioned systems have<br />

been presented and discussed.<br />

[96Fla] The structural and magnetic properties of a series of novel compounds in the<br />

ternary Ce­Mg­Y system have been studied by X­ray diffraction, SQUID magnetometry<br />

and XAS spectroscopy. The crystal structures of the compounds Ceo.33Yo.67Mg 2 and<br />

Ceo.49Yo.5iMg4.7 have been refined by the Rietveld technique. Magnetic <strong>da</strong>ta are<br />

consistent with a tripositive ground state 2 F¡a for the cerium atom. The XAS<br />

measurements confirm this result. Crystal field effects are apparent in the magnetic <strong>da</strong>ta<br />

at temperatures below about 50 Κ in the compounds with higher Ce concentration.<br />

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