Abstract
A complete literature survey has been performed to obtain all the data on the enthalpies of formation of Laves phases. The observed enthalpies of formation varied over a wide range of 0 to about -350 kJ/mole. This observation indicate that metallic, covalent, and ionic bonds are possibly present in different Laves phases. Based on the data, it is asserted that the bonding characteristics in Laves phases are very complicated and, most likely, may be a mixed metallic-covalent-ionic bond in nature.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1449-1452 |
| Journal | Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - May 1999 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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