Intermetallic compounds or solid solutions can form between Zr and Mo/W, in which the multiphase of diffusion may be influenced by each other. Interdiffusion kinetic data such intermetallic systems are highly demanded for material design. In this work, solid–solid couples Zr-Mo Zr-W were prepared fixture method, interdiffusion behaviors at 1300–1500 °C systematically investigated. The results s...

Sintered NdFeB magnets are relatively complex multiphase systems containing Nd2Fe14B matrix and about 15% of other intermetallics such as Nd1+εFe4BB4, Nd-oxides (Nd-rich phase), etc. Boron rich Nd1+εFe4B4 B forms in irregularly distributed heavily faulted grains of roughly the same size as those of the Nd2Fe14B phase [1]. The Curie temperature of this phase is 13K and, therefore, it is not ferr...

The evolution of the thermopower SðTÞ of EuCu2ðGe1 xSixÞ2 intermetallics, which is induced by the Si–Ge substitution, is explained by the Kondo scattering of conduction electrons on the Eu ions which fluctuate between the magnetic 2+ and non-magnetic 3+ Hund’s rule configurations. The Si–Ge substitution is equivalent to chemical pressure which modifies the coupling and the relative occupation o...