Abstract
Formation of a decagonal quasicrystal in Al70Pd30-xMnx alloys (x=8-20) and its structure were examined by X-ray powder diffraction, electron diffraction and high-resolution electron microscopy. The decagonal quasicrystal is formed as a coexisting phase with an icosahedral phase in the composition range of x=10-15, and as a single phase at a composition of x about 20. The structure of the decagonal phase is a mixture of decagonal quasicrystalline regions with some linear phason strain and microcrystalline regions. We propose that the structure of Al-Pd-Mn decagonal quasicrystal may be interpreted as a tiling formed by atom cluster linkages, which are different to those reported in Al-Ni-Co and Al-Cu-Co decagonal quasicrystals.
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