Study on the compounds of Mg12La and (Mg,Zn)11.5La

The composition, crystal structure and phase relationship of the main intermetallics of the Mg-Zn-La system on the low La side have been studied. The results show that there exists a binary solid solutions of Mg12La as (Mg,Zn)La12 and a linear ternary compound (Mg,Zn)11.5La. Though the composition formula of the two phases are similar, but the composition of Zn in them are different. The maximum Zn content of (Mg,Zn)12La is 7.2at% and the minimum Zn content of (Mg,Zn)11.5La is 8.5at%. What's more, the crystal structures of (Mg,Zn)12La and (Mg,Zn)11.5La phase are also totally different. (Mg,Zn)La12 have the body centered tetragonal lattice structure, but the crystal structure of (Mg,Zn)11.5La is C-centered orthorhombic lattice structure.