Structure and superconductivity studies on ternary equiatomic silicides, MM'Si

Subba Rao, G. V. ; Wagner, K. ; Balakrishnan, Geetha ; Janaki, J. ; Paulus, W. ; Schöllhorn, R. ; Subramanian, V. S. ; Poppe, U. (1985) Structure and superconductivity studies on ternary equiatomic silicides, MM'Si Bulletin of Materials Science, 7 (3-4). pp. 215-228. ISSN 0250-4707

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Abstract

A series of ternary equiatiomic transition metal silicides MM'Si (M=Zr, Nb, Ta;M'=Ru, Re) and Zr½M½RuSi (M=Nb, Ta) have been synthesized and characterized. Guinier X-ray data clearly indicate that the compounds MM'Si (M=Nb, Ta;M'=Ru, Re) crystallize with the orthorhombic TiFeSi-structure. This is contrary to one of the literature reports ascribing the hexagonal ZrRuSi structure to MReSi, M=Nb, Ta. ZrRuSi and Zr½M½RuSi (M=Nb, Ta), however, crystallize with the ZrRuSi structure. All the compounds are metallic and exhibit small and negative Seebeck coefficients. Superconductivity has been discovered in MM'Si, M=Nb, Ta; M'=Ru, Re and the transition temperatures, as measured by the low frequency a.c. susceptibility technique, range from 2.7 to 5.1 K. Zr½Nb½RuSi is not superconducting above 2.2 K. The observed properties are explained in terms of the electronic charge transfer effects and crystal structures adopted by these metal excess ternary silicides.

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Keywords:Metal Excess Systems; Silicides; Superconducting Compounds; Ternary Systems
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