A Crystallographic Study on the Growth of Partially Faceted MnSn2 Phase during Solidification Process

Li, Lei; Bi, Yuantong; Ban, Chunyan; Zhang, Haitao; Liu, Tie; Wang, Xiangjie; Esling, Claude; Cui, Jianzhong

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A Crystallographic Study on the Growth of Partially Faceted MnSn₂ Phase during Solidification Process

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Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China

CNRS, Arts et Métiers ParisTech, LEM3, Université de Lorraine, F-57000 Metz, France

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Laboratory of Excellence on Design of Alloy Metals for low-mAss Structures (DAMAS), Université de Lorraine, 57073 Metz, France

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Crystals 2018, 8(10), 380; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst8100380

Received: 11 September 2018 / Revised: 25 September 2018 / Accepted: 27 September 2018 / Published: 29 September 2018

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The growth of MnSn₂ phase during the solidification process of Sn-Mn alloy was crystallographically investigated. The results show that the non-faced spherical caps of the MnSn₂ crystals follow the continuous growth mechanism to grow rapidly along the <001> direction, while the side surfaces the two-dimensional nucleation mechanism to form the low index {100} and {110} facets. An interface structure analysis indicates that the atom planes within the {100} interplanar spacing period (IPSP) has a lower average reticular density than those within the {011} IPSP. This leads to the faster growth rates and thus the shortening and disappearance of the {100} side facets. As a consequence, the partially faceted (i.e., non-faceted spherical caps and faceted side surfaces) MnSn₂ crystals follow an octagonal-base/spherical-cap geometric model (few crystals possess square bases) in three dimensions. View Full-Text

Keywords: MnSn₂ phase; solidification; crystal growth; crystallography

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Li, L.; Bi, Y.; Ban, C.; Zhang, H.; Liu, T.; Wang, X.; Esling, C.; Cui, J. A Crystallographic Study on the Growth of Partially Faceted MnSn₂ Phase during Solidification Process. Crystals 2018, 8, 380. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst8100380

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Li L, Bi Y, Ban C, Zhang H, Liu T, Wang X, Esling C, Cui J. A Crystallographic Study on the Growth of Partially Faceted MnSn₂ Phase during Solidification Process. Crystals. 2018; 8(10):380. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst8100380

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Li, Lei, Yuantong Bi, Chunyan Ban, Haitao Zhang, Tie Liu, Xiangjie Wang, Claude Esling, and Jianzhong Cui. 2018. "A Crystallographic Study on the Growth of Partially Faceted MnSn₂ Phase during Solidification Process" Crystals 8, no. 10: 380. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst8100380

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